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Word: bursts (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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WHILE President Nixon was still preparing for his good-will working tour of Western Europe, the long-simmering feud between Great Britain and Charles de Gaulle's France burst into the open once again. As before, the casus belli was Britain's bid for membership in the Common Market, which De Gaulle has repeatedly vetoed. Washington was dismayed, since the dispute would hardly enhance the atmosphere of mutual understanding and cooperation that Nixon ardently hoped to cultivate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Once More, De Gaulle v. Britain | 2/28/1969 | See Source »

James's most famous song has become a Blues classic like Sonny Boy's "Help Me." This song is "Dust My Blues" (written by Robert Johnson) and it opens with an explosive burst from James's slide guitar and it rocks like only the greatest rock songs. The rhythm section pounds through the basic 12 bar chord changes and James shouts out his lyric about his "no good" woman...

Author: By James C. Gutman, | Title: B.B. King Is King of the Blues--Black Music That Whites Now Dig | 2/27/1969 | See Source »

...performed well in earlier events. Colburn eased through his afternoon trial in the 1000, then ran a superb tactical race to nip Yale's Steve Bittner in the finals. Starting last, the redheaded junior gradually worked his way up to second place. With 200 yards to go, he burst past Bittner un-expectedly and held off a last-ditch challenge to snap the wire...

Author: By Ricahrd T. Howe, | Title: Track Team Upsets Cadets in Heptagonals | 2/24/1969 | See Source »

...with ten minutes left and Coach Bob Harrison put the team into a zone which rattled Columbia briefly, but not enough. At one point Dover and Janczewski threw in some free throws and lay-ups to close within 14. Walaszek's three-point play shut off that last burst...

Author: By Richard D. Paisner, | Title: Five Bows By 18; Dotson Scores 22 | 2/22/1969 | See Source »

...back even further than we were in the fall of 1967, when people began to doubt our dollar, when people began to wonder whether or not we were being good stewards of our trust. Had its extension not been recommended, in my opinion, you would have had a new burst of inflation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Wilbur Mills on Taxes and Spending | 2/21/1969 | See Source »

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