Word: bursts
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Shoppers knew what was coming. In a burst of desperation buying, they emptied store shelves of anything that was for sale. Merchants knew too. Many of them closed their doors, preferring to be stuck with rotting merchandise rather than the worthless currency known derisively as "piggies." When the government of President Violeta Barrios de Chamorro officially devalued the cordoba last week to a stratospheric 25 million to the dollar, most Nicaraguans were simply glad the waiting was over...
...Saudis did encounter trenches filled with blazing petroleum and in some cases with water, but crossed them by the simple expedient of having bulldozers and tanks fitted with earth- , moving blades collapse dirt into the trenches until they were filled. It took only hours for the allied troops to burst through the supposedly impregnable Iraqi defenses and begin a war of maneuvers, sweeping right past some of the heaviest concentrations of troops and armor, and calling in withering air strikes and tank and artillery fire on those that fought. Throughout the 100-hour campaign, the allied soldiers avoided hand...
There was his freshman year when the highly touted recruit burst on the Ivy scene to average 14.5 points per game (ppg). James proved why he had received overtures from such powerhouses as Michigan, Michigan State and St. John's as he was named the Ivy League Rookie of the Year...
...bombs in two of London's main train stations. One pre-dawn explosion at Paddington station did little damage. But a second blast in a trash can at Victoria station during the morning rush hour killed one man and injured 46 other persons. The attacks set off a burst of hoax calls and bottled up nearly 500,000 metropolitan commuters. Coming only 11 days after the I.R.A. lobbed mortar shells at 10 Downing Street, the bombings aim at sustaining the terrorists' claim that they can and will bring dislocation to England just as they do in Northern Ireland...
Since last August, more than 800,000 Americans, from steelworkers and autoworkers to clerks and bankers, have lost their jobs in the most serious burst of unemployment since the 1982 recession. During January alone, as business braced against the harrowing uncertainties of a recession overlaid with war, 232,000 people lost their jobs. The government reported last week that January's jobless rate rose to 6.2%, up from 6.1% the previous month and 5.3% in June. All told, 7.7 million Americans were unemployed in January. % "The job loss last month was immense," says Allen Sinai, chief economist for the Boston...