Word: bursting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Provincetown-Boston Airline twin-engine turboprop took off just after 6 p.m. from Jacksonville International Airport for the short flight to Tampa. Within minutes the small commuter plane, one of 113 in P.B.A.'s fleet, apparently lost its tail section, slammed into a brush-bound clearing and burst into flames. The two-man crew and all eleven passengers were killed...
...Volcker is too generous with the money and interest rates drop too far, foreigners could start shunning U.S. investments and send the dollar into a steep decline. That might cause a sudden burst of inflation by making imports more expensive. For the moment, though, the dollar seems to be holding its own. On the day Citibank led the prime-rate cuts last week, the dollar surprisingly rose against the deutsche mark and the French franc. One reason for the dollar's continued strength is that foreign central banks, especially in Western Europe, have been reducing interest rates in their...
Ferry, who burst on to the scene in his first game freshman year, has averaged 13,4 points per game. His career high (28) came against Yale on the final day of the 1982-1983 season, during which he had his most effective stretch as a Crimson cager. He led the team in scoring in the last six games and seven of the last eight that year, averaging 20.1 per contest...
...that hires Peruvian workers to destroy coca plants, the leaves of which are used in the manufacture of cocaine. Two weeks ago anti-drug laborers were attacked in the middle of the night in a house where they were sleeping. According to an eyewitness account, about four unidentified men burst into the building and began firing shotguns and revolvers. At least 15 workers were killed and three were wounded...
...supplication was heard. When the roll call finally came, the proposal passed with surprising ease in the required separate votes by the three houses of bishops, priests and laity. There was stillness, then a burst of loud applause from the floor, which was taken up by visitors in the gallery despite a rule requiring them to maintain strict silence. The celebration notwithstanding, it will be 1990 or _ later before the first women - priests can be ordained, and while that step is now likely, it is not a sure thing. Legislation to implement last week's decision must pass...