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Word: rushing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...reports of Truman's imminent degree gained further currency late Saturday, when a clerk in the clothing store he owned before going into politics reported that the former President had placed a rush order for a double-breasted, crimson-colored blazer...

Author: By Richard Williams, (SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON) | Title: Truman Jilts Missouri University; He's Heading For Harvard Instead | 6/9/1969 | See Source »

West Germany has become Europe's pre-eminent economic power, and the Deutsche Mark the world's strongest currency. The country's very strength, however, is now a source of tension and trouble both inside and outside Germany. Twice within seven months, a speculative rush to buy marks has weakened the finances of West Germany's al lies and roiled international monetary affairs. At home, the blessings of prosperity now threaten to turn into the pangs of inflation. What happens in Germany next will have a vital effect on all of Europe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: West Germany: Tensions of Too Much Success | 6/6/1969 | See Source »

Even with the quotas, the FAA concedes that rush-hour delays of up to one hour will have to be considered "reasonable." John Shaffer, a former vice president of TRW, Inc., who is the new FAA administrator, says that the quotas are merely a "Band-Aid approach" that does not solve the real problems. Inadequate airports and traffic-control systems have been overwhelmed by the 101% increase in air traffic within the past decade. A program to automate air-traffic control more fully is two years behind schedule...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Airlines: Quota System for Landings | 6/6/1969 | See Source »

...boat. Peru's Dictator General Juan Velasco Alvarado was informed privately that the Pelly amendment to the Foreign Military Sales Act of 1968 left Washington no alternative. For some reason, Velasco had neglected to inform his countrymen, and last week's disclosure from Washington brought a rush of questions in Lima. Velasco held a twelve-hour huddle with his Cabinet and produced a six point communiqué. If the ban on shipments is officially confirmed, it read, then the U.S. military missions currently in Peru might as well go home. It also charged that the ban violated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peru: Fish and Oil | 5/30/1969 | See Source »

...only way to progress toward a solution of the starvation problem is to feed only people who can help themselves. Each time we rush to counteract a famine, kill disease-carrying mosquitoes or build hospitals in a backward country we aggravate their own problem...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 23, 1969 | 5/23/1969 | See Source »

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