Word: rushes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Rush to Judgment, Lane...
Some of the 1966 session's most significant legislation was rammed through in the frenetic atmosphere of an eleventh-hour, election-year rush to adjournment. Out of the last minute stampede emerged such major congressional acts as creation of the 89th's second new Cabinet-level agency, the Department of Transportation; a near-record $58 billion defense appropriation; a $3.7 billion anti-water-pollution bill; a $3.97 billion federal college-aid measure; a two-year $5 billion extension of the Food for Peace program...
...changed world circumstances were also reflected last week in Bonn, as U.S. and British delegations sat down with West German officials to bargain for more German marks for Allied soldiers. Almost forgotten were the old fears of a sudden rush of Soviet tanks into Berlin. In fact, Britain and the U.S. were clearly more concerned with their balance-of-payments problems than they were with the Communists...
...quarterback for Harvard, and he marched the squad effortlessly to the tying touchdown. The big play was a phenomenal jump pass to Kevin Crowley, which the big end somehow caught between three defenders at the eight. Smith passed to Fritz Eriksen for the TD, under pressure of a monstrous rush. Reynolds converted...
...Rush to Judgment, Lane...