Word: outbursts
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...pretty bad years in the U.N., as the only negotiator on Afghanistan, Iran-Iraq, Western Sahara, Cyprus and a lot of other things, and he established a position of great respect with all the different antagonists in all these situations. When the international climate changed and the outburst of common sense began to take place, he was in a position to act very quickly...
...Brian Urquhart, after 41 years at the United Nations, praises the sudden "outburst of common sense" in the world. Next week his efforts get rewarded when he helps pick up a Nobel Prize...
Forman's seven-goal outburst sparked Harvard's 13-6 win over MIT Saturday, catapulting Harvard into the tournament finals. The victory was the team's fifth straight win over MIT this season...
Israelis voted in an atmosphere of violencecreated by the Palestinian rebellion coupled witha sudden outburst of attacks on Jewish civilians...
...called in the army to restore law-and-order. Total property damage was estimated at more than $100 million. The government said 900 people were ! arrested, and without disclosing figures admitted that people on both sides were killed during battles between protesters and security forces. Whatever the toll, the outburst jolted Bendjedid's ten-year-old regime, which has sought to revive the country's petroleum-depressed economy with an austerity program that included cuts in subsidies for food and other commodities. The result has been sharply rising prices: a pound of beef now costs about $12. With popular discontent...