Word: overflowing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Unafraid of sounding political, administrators like Murphy even point out that Reagan's ideas about economizing are fallacious. They argue that cutting the budget of the universities and state colleges would force them to limit enrollment and send the overflow to the state's community and junior colleges. Since these institutions get about three-fourths of their funds from the local communities, it would in the end be the local home owners--to whom Reagan has promised tax relief--who would be paying for added junior college costs...
...began to pass the word that the white woman's magic might be even better than that of their own women sorcerers. The trickle of patients to Dr. Smith's five-bed dispensary in the provincial capital of Kontum grew to a steady flow and then an overflow. Dr. Smith thereupon began a long struggle to build a hospital outside Kontum, which many Montagnards regarded as a hostile city...
...overflow crowd had a chance to cheer the Crimson towards the upset of the year, when Harvard closed the gap to five points with seven minutes left. A jump shot by Bob Kanuth, a foul shot by Bob Johnson, and then a leaping follow-up by Johnson of a missed shot, and wow: it was 70-63. Bob Cousy called for a time out, and the fans applauded for a full minute...
Magic Phrase. In Philadelphia last week, an overflow crowd jammed Irvine Auditorium to see Graham and her company. Legend of Judith attracted the most attention because Graham herself appeared in the lead role, serving as the mystic eye of a swirling storm of dancers who flashed dreamlike through the "unknown landscape of the mind." Though she moved with a quiet, serene grace, age seemed to have made its impression; her dancing carried more suggestion than statement. But if the body was a little unwilling, the flame of the spirit still glowed...
Transcendental Meditation can improve your grades, make you a better citizen, assure you of a higher salary, alleviate world suffering, and increase the productivity of the national economy, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi promised an overflow crowd of about 200 in Leverett House Junior Common Room last night...