Word: rushes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Record is Clear." All week long the rush to stay clear of Henry Wallace gained momentum. in varying degrees of censure and regret, Socialist Norman Thomas, the Liberal Party's Chairman Adolf Berle Jr., the heads of the anti-Communist Americans for Democratic Action got out from under. Most of Big Labor, such leftist publications as Manhattan's PM and the Nation had already checked out. Last week a newspaper poll in the South showed that even Negro listeners who had loudly applauded Wallace as an itinerant foe of segregation (TIME, Dec. 1) would not support...
...Manhattan, a 48-inch water main broke during the morning rush hour, flooded blocks of the I.R.T. subway, trapped 9,000 passengers on 14 underground trains and tied up service for five hours. A black market in fuel oil developed overnight and was heartily damned and heartily patronized. Icicles formed on the cornices of skyscrapers, dropped off and came tumbling down while pedestrians leaped like rabbits...
...second period got off to a sloppy start, but Dave Abbot managed to top off a disorganized rush with an unassisted goal at 2:12. McKean added his second tally at 10:15, but Northeastern struck back two minutes late while the Crimson were shorthanded. The tempo of play went up as George Minot angled in the sixth Crimson score at 14:45, Dick Greeley following with his second effort shortly thereafter...
Christmas Eve in Athens was peaceful. On café terraces around Sintagma Square people sipped coffee in bright sunshine. Flower stalls did a rush business in hyacinths, violets and almond blossoms. Hardly anyone heard the guerrilla announcement when it was first made, because Athens has been jamming the rebel broadcasts from the north...
...story of the aristocrat who wrote music full of crude peasant power, and his downhill rush from dandy to drunk, is as dramatic as any in music. Many of the facts, but few of the explanations, can be found in a newly published compilation of letters by & about him, called The Musorgsky Reader (edited & translated by Jay Leyda and Sergei Bertensson; Norton...