Word: rans
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Those machines don't carry much water," Aranguren said, "and when they ran out the students were still in place. I was afraid the police were going to do something terrible...
Again the trumpet blew. The police broke their lines and swinging billy clubs charged the students. Some marchers ran to the roadside, picked up stones and hurled them at the police; others escaped into the near-by restaurant at the School of Agriculture. Most ran, littering the road with high-heeled shoes and books...
...again, patiently and without strain, his thoughts on theories and events in the world. He had come to radical politics slowly, after marriage, writing plays, six years of working as an editor for defense companies, and a B.A. in English from the University of Michigan. His road to radicalism ran through Vietnam: while researching campaign speeches for a Congressional candidate in 1962, he had begun to raise questions which no one else was asking. As an unpretentious yet inspiring leader, sitting on the floor with his student friends, he gave the impression of determination, flexible enough to withstand most foreseeable...
...mostly a matter of luck. By calling publishers at the last minute, they were often able to speed up the delivery of books -- a process that normally takes a few weeks -- to a few days. But last fall, when many publishers changed their procedures, the Coop's luck ran...
Before that breakthrough, in spite of huge and largely untapped coalfields, Australia imported coal from as far away as South Africa, still suffered power blackouts when supplies ran low. Today, 94% of Australia's growing power needs are generated by coal, there is ample coke for the continent's expanding steel industry, and a quarter of last year's record 50-million-ton coal production was available for export...