Word: rushes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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White "obviously did a lot of heavy trading," Representative Frank, an executive assistant to White in the late '60s, has noted, and the city council approved the mayor's proposals with minor changes in a rush session between Christmas and January 1, when the move would receive the least attention from the voters. Now the alterations will be sent to the State House to get the legislature's and governor's approval...
...proclaimed a 200-mile limit in line with the intentions of the European Community and Canada. Differences remain to be ironed out with Russian and Japanese fishermen, who traditionally have prowled just beyond the old twelve-mile boundary. Interior will also be called on to regulate the rush of corporations to conduct possibly polluting searches for oil and minerals...
...used shifts in the spectral lines of light emanating from distant galaxies to calculate that the islands of stars are moving at tremendous speeds away from the earth−and from each other−like dots painted on the surface of an expanding balloon. To some scientists, this outward rush of the galaxies suggested an original cosmic explosion...
...waging a battle to persuade people who live in the city to stay in the city. Six 30-sec. commercial spots, being aired free of charge by the three major commercial TV stations, emphasize the theme that Seattle is "an interesting place to live." One spot depicts a rush-hour traffic jam with the single spoken message: "If you lived in Seattle, you'd be home by now." The commercials were made for less than $2,000 of public money-and, say city officials, will have paid for themselves in taxes if they persuade only three or four families...
...difference in rates reflects Harvard's policy of encouraging students not to rush through their graduate studies, and Princeton's desire to move students in and out as fast as possible...