Word: eruptive
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...whatever the national and state committees decide, the struggle for the contested seats is certain to erupt in the convention itself. The Eisenhower forces are determined to appeal any adverse rulings by the pro-Taft committees, for the contested delegates may well be the balance of power...
...touch of verisimilitude: Mount Pelee did erupt, in 1902, killing nearly 30,000 citizens of St. Pierre...
...their solar laboratory, astrophysicists will watch the turbulent prominences that erupt from the sun's surface to stream out in high, graceful arcs. Moving at speeds up to 500 miles a second, the glowing gas may give clues to some of the problems of rocket research and supersonic flight...
What is the aim of education? Some U.S. educators have a pat answer:- "Training for democratic living." When other educators fail to show proper reverence for their tenets, these pedagogues sometimes erupt-in the orthodox lingo of their...
Every confirmed Godfrey fan knows that from one moment to the next he may erupt into ribaldry, beery pathos or waspish exasperation. When a joke lays an egg, he will pettishly blame his writers. And he reacts sharply to criticism: hearing that William Paley thought the Godfrey TV show "lacked movement," Arthur brought on a line of hula dancers and leered into the TV camera: "Is that enough movement for you, Bill...