Word: rushing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Rush of Technology...
...rush was on. In the lead were the holy men. Many were completely naked, and had pinned their ban-the-butcher pennants in their long matted hair for lack of any place else to stick them. Some shouted, "The cow is our mother!" Dancing like dervishes, the sadhus swung steel-tipped staves, axes and tridents to drive back police. Behind them surged...
Christmas Jingle. Elsewhere, creativity is much more subdued and businesslike. Last week Stone's 800 salesmen were calling on the drugstores, supermarkets and discount stores in which American places most of its cards to make certain that they are ready for the biggest single rush of the year. Christmas accounts for half of all greeting-card sales (followed by Valentine's Day, Easter and Mother's Day); well-wishers this year will purchase 7 billion cards altogether. Most buyers like their art and inspiration messages solemn and simple...
...long dull season between Father's Day and Thanksgiving. Now "everyday cards"-get-wells, new baby, confirmation, religious cards and bon-voyage messages -account, along with birthdays, for 60% of American Greetings' business, since families are more scattered nowadays. Last week there was even a rush for another of the everydays that American Greetings stocks in its inventory of 10,000 different cards. "Just because you're a Democrat," it goes, "doesn't mean you're odd or obnoxious. Stupid, maybe, but not odd or obnoxious...
...Crimson also got a pass rush going for the first time since the Dartmouth game. Defensive end Bill Timpson replaced Justin Hughes in the third quarter, "because we needed more of a pass rush," according to Yovicsin...