Word: rushing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...this year Vaughn asked for more money. Amid a rush of requests for Peace Corps volunteers from all over the non-Communist world, he submitted a 1968 budget of $118.7 million, up from last year's $110 million, to put 17,750 workers and trainees into 58 countries by next September. "It costs less money to make peace than war," Vaughn reminded the House Foreign Affairs Committee. "But it still costs a lot." Last week the message got through. While the House panel followed the Senate in trimming 3% from his requested budget, in a period of all-round...
Following the Eliot kickoff, the Quincy offense had little success. For three plays the gridders were pushed backward toward their own goal, and on the fourth down they were forced to punt ou of their own end zone. The Elephants put on a heavy rush, blocked the punt, and Bob Beaman fell on the ball for Eliot's second score...
...second half was evenly played, each team scoring once. Lowell shifted to a passing offense in an attempt to play catch-up football, but their aerial attack failed as the Kirkland line put on a consistent pass rush and held on for a 22-6 victory...
With a huge rush, 1000 demonstrators streaked across the North Parking Lot, where speeches were still going on. With three Vietcong flags in the lead, they raced up to a line of 20 soldiers and U.S. marshals and stopped. Then they strung themselves out over 300 yards, standing there jaw-to-jaw with the troops...
...hunt, he finds time to rape the local sheriff's daughter. When confronted by the indignant father, he claims roguishly that the murder was self-defense, the rape merely "assault with a friendly weapon." The lumpish lawman not only buys the story, but comes along on the gold rush. Ultimately, the thief heads for Mexico with the loot, cheating every-one-the sheriff, the girl, the U.S. Cavalry and the viewer...