Word: gushings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...poems published in small journals, he comments on aspects of man's agonies, simple pleasures and the contradictions in his relationship to nature. Some of the poems are lighter, however. A sample entitled "Reciprocation": "It would be odd/ If a spring took no joy/ In beholding hope gush freshly,/ Or if a basaltic mountain/ Did not rest on the comfort of watching/ Human patience in place...
...profits continue to gush into the Persian Gulf nations, other governments, too, are beginning to make money from the stepped-up quest for oil. In the North Sea, explorations have so far turned up more than 20 billion bbl. of proven reserves, nearly 4% of the world total. Norway alone has proven reserves of about 6 billion bbl., and experts believe that the potential is at least twice that amount. Surprisingly, though, Norway is approaching its new riches with Scandinavian solemnity. Government planners predict that by 1981, oil output will pump more than $2.7 billion in yearly revenues into...
...changes do not necessarily portend a runaway gush of liberal legislation. Speaker Albert has so far not shown any dynamic leadership for pushing such bills or for taking full advantage of his potential power. Senior and more conservative Democrats still have practical influence as chairmen of many committees. Yet the changes, coupled with an increasingly liberal Senate, suggest that Congress will sharply challenge President Ford's view of desirable legislation. Even without the caucus reforms, Congress has already overridden four Ford vetoes-only one less than throughout the 5% Nixon years...
Surgery, Dr. John C. Lungren explained, creates "raw surfaces" along the the incision lines-points where postoperative bleeding can occur. They can contribute to what Lungren called a "generalized ooze" that does not gush blood and often cannot be detected until changes in pulse and blood pressure signal trouble...
...such a gush of purple journalism hell-bent on convincing us that the heirs of Mack Sennett, Buster Keaton or Charlie Chaplin are a few MTM situation comedies...