Word: bursting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...worker at the Kerr-McGee Corp. uranium-processing plant in Gore, Okla., died from exposure to a caustic chemical that formed when an improperly heated, overfilled container of nuclear material burst. Some radiation flowed out of the plant, sending more than 100 people to local hospitals...
...afternoon, a group of journalists were herded into a bus and told they were being taken to Gaddafi's house in the Bab al Azizia compound. Expectations were high that they might see the colonel. But as the bus approached the walled barracks, a dozen or so armed guards burst through an open gate, while the sound of gunfire ricocheted from inside the compound. The bus immediately sped off and headed back to the hotel. Was it a coup? For the press corps in Tripoli, a front-row seat for the action had turned out to be a frustrating peep...
...Rabbi Elio Toaff in a prayer shawl, stood side by side in Rome's main synagogue for a moment of silent prayer. Then they joined in an enthusiastic embrace. The throng of 1,000 people packed into the ornate synagogue, 40 of whom were survivors of Nazi death camps, burst into thunderous applause. Some wept openly...
...minutes later another reason for Sergy's apprehension became apparent. Olga, eight-years-old, burst into the room, grinning at us, cager to pose for a picture. Her mother explained to us that Olga is "very gifted in everything." When Olga sat down at the piano and began to play one of her compositions, we realized that her mother's words reflected more than parental pride...
...walking in front of Holyoke Center, minding my own business, when something extraordinary happened. I was just starting to listen to one of the Square's myriad biblical prophets when someone burst through a nearby crowd of mimes and lifted me over his head. I looked down into the blue, slavering face of a vampire with teeth well over six inches long, and screamed at the top of my lungs...