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Word: rashly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Throughout the rest of the day, squad cars and ambulances chased through the city, evacuating buildings and trying to deal with a rash of hoaxes; the rumored targets included Windsor Castle and the Royal Opera House. Police blocked off Trafalgar Square for several hours and, taking no chances, exploded four locked suitcases that were found on the steps of the National Gallery; the suitcases, as it turned out, contained old clothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED KINGDOM: Smashing London's Face | 3/19/1973 | See Source »

...about the Khartoum massacre was Sudan's President Jaafar Numeiry. In a bitter, bristling 45-minute speech over Sudanese radio and television, Numeiry swore that the eight Black Septembrists would be tried and punished for "a crime we will not forgive." They had committed, he charged, "a criminal, rash action devoid of revolutionary spirit and bravery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: A Blacker September | 3/19/1973 | See Source »

...craftsmen installed peep holes last month in all the suites in Leverett House and Mather House, and women's suits in Lowell House. The Masters of those two Houses had the peep holes installed because of the recent rash of armed robberies...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: B&G Men to Put Safety Peepholes In All Residences | 2/20/1973 | See Source »

...weighty issues in the paper's editorial' pages somehow lacked a sense of urgency, it is well to remember that this was a far simpler age. The change of the College color from magenta to crimson, which occurred in 1875, is a case in point. Rather than make any rash decision. Mr. Eliot researched the history of the color, studied the precedents, and began a long series of consultations with alumni and faculty, which all culminated in a mass meeting in Holden Chapel in May. After lengthy argument and debate, a motion to change the color was made. It passed...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In Spite of a Leery Faculty, The Crimson Begins | 1/24/1973 | See Source »

...Harvard defense which many observers thought to be the team's major weakness this season has in fact played a dominant role in the Crimson's outstanding showing to date. A rash of injuries especially in light of Harvard's recent scoring problems could be fatal...

Author: By Charles B. Straus, | Title: Crimson Plays in Quarterfinals Today | 12/2/1972 | See Source »

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