Word: bursting
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...much, perhaps, but Hart skillfully exploited the burst of TV exposure. His elaborate policy prescriptions were distilled to catch phrases such as "new leadership" and "move into the future." His adoption of John F. Kennedy's mannerisms became more blatant. Addressing the Alabama legislature, Hart chopped the air in J.F.K. style and recapitulated the 1961 Inaugural Address. Said Hart: "We must once again have Presidents...who ask what we can do for our country and not what our country...
...mustard gas has been fired at enemy targets in artillery shells, although most of it is put into large drums, loaded onto wooden pallets and then dropped from helicopters and Soviet-made 11-76 transport planes. Each pallet contains six drums and weighs about five tons. The drums burst on impact, spreading the gas over a wide area. The use of gas undoubtedly contributed to Iraq's recent victories. Says Ricardo Fraile, a Paris-based consultant on chemical and biological warfare: "The chemical weapons used by the Third World do not have to be sophisticated since the people they...
...melancholy burst, he told the Los Angeles Herald Examiner, "I'm worrying about my values. Right now I'm a guy having a lot of trouble handling this. I've had times today when I wanted to give it all up. When I decided to sign with the [Los Angeles] Express, it was late. I had promised to give them an answer within a certain time frame. I'd been up for two days straight. It seemed the best thing to do under the circumstances. Then there I am at the press conference...
...results speak for themselves. The Big Three meet was no different from the GBC's, in which Bunney set the personal record that sent him to Syracuse, Bunney burst past one and all--teammates as well as Yale and Princeton runners--in both the 1500- and 800-meter races in 3:49:85 and 1:53:21, respectively...
...Crimson death proved to be a slow one: it lasted practically the entire game Always trying to play catch-up, sometimes getting as close as three. But the Big Red, after each Crimson burst, shot back with...