Word: rush-hour
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Girls getting off their rush-hour buses in downtown Jacksonville one morning last week noticed that the sidewalks were covered with particles of soot, which swirled up around their ankles. Hundreds looked down and found their nylons suddenly streaked with runs...
...crowd began gathering near the sentry boxes at Blair House at dusk, stood raptly as rush-hour traffic blatted past on Pennsylvania Avenue. It multiplied as President Harry Truman walked across the street from the White House with three Secret Service men and hurried inside. Madame Chiang Kai-shek was about to come to tea-and to make a last-ditch plea for aid to China...
...streetcar called "Hurry-up." A bumpy, uneven plot that strays off the track more than once, and a jolting dialogue that gathers speed only when heading downhill, suggest haste more than tempered reflection. The few worthwhile thoughts on the value of means versus ends become lost in the general rush-hour atmosphere. Perhaps the author had to finish his piece before he could start his Christmas shopping...
...Long Island Railroad put a serious restriction on the card-playing commuter. It ordered its employees to forbid card players to hold places for a foursome when other passengers had no seats. That just about meant the end of rush-hour bridge and pinochle...
...large field, even the smartest jockey cannot always keep a good horse from being pocketed or jostled. The 25,000 racing fans at Hialeah Park, more closely crowded than the horses, prepared for a rush-hour start-it was necks and rumps, then necks and necks. On the far turn the horses were bunched like a hand of bananas. Coming into the stretch, the first ten could have been covered with a blanket. But the favorites were too near the stem. Market Wise, the people's choice, got lost in the early shuffle...