Word: rushes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...were really lucky, you'd spot someone leaving the game in the eighth and take his seat for the final innings. The seat would be so comfortable that you'd remain there until the final out, and thus become entangled in the mad post-game rush to the exits. And if you managed to escape that jungle with your wallet still intact, you'd then have to contend with the five o'clock rush at the subway station, which ensured but one thing--that your standing-room-only day had just begun...
...confused in the morass of enthusiasm. When Tommy becomes a pinball wizard and a fabulous star. Townshend's opera tries to make some dramatic statements about the plight of the rock personality. Riches don't mean happiness, young boppers get kicked in the face by bodyguards when they rush the stage--that sort of thing. But Russell can't resist playing these scenes for the vicarious turn-on. Tommy smashes a figurative mirror, regains his senses, sings, "I'm Free," and leads the millions in a religious movement dedicated to himself, the abolition of drugs and alchohol, and a rite...
This odd pair would probably have remained nothing more than adversaries in the rush-hour traffic were it not for the trial of Big John Connally, which opens this week in Washington. Williams is defending Connally, three times the Governor of Texas, and Secretary of the Treasury under Richard M. Nixon, against charges that he accepted a $10,000 bribe in return for using his influence to secure a 1971 hike in milk-price supports. The lawyer heading the Government's three-man team of prosecutors is Cyclist Tuerkheimer. Outwardly, the case seems to be a classic example...
...right for the Times to rush the revelations into print? Times Managing Editor A.M. Rosenthal, who had originally postponed the story at Colby's request, had been willing to hold off until the mission was completed or called off, or until its cover was blown. Said Rosenthal: "The advantages of immediate publication did not outweigh the considerations of disclosing an ongoing military operation." But after Anderson's broadcast, he felt that the issue of publication was academic. "In future cases," says Rosenthal, "it's impossible to say how I would act. My answer is: show...
...last year, v. 8.5 million for Saudi Arabia), domestic and Eastern European demand will outstrip output by 1980. The Soviet Union and its Comecon partners are already importing small quantities of high-priced Middle Eastern oil, mainly from Iraq, Iran and Libya. Hence the Soviets are in a rush to develop new Siberian fields. They must invest lavishly in expensive Western equipment and drill in a remote region where operating costs will be high...