Word: rushing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...beginning he was silent; looking down at his neatly folded hands, Krishnamurti was in no rush to break the silence. Finally he spoke, haltingly, concentrating on every word: "I am not the advertised expert on yoga, nor am I a philosopher, nor am I a representative of Indian thought--I don't really know what...
Thanks to Wilcox, and thanks to the larger shelves in the Coop's new annex (previously, in the height of the buying rush, books had lain for days in Coop storage rooms), Coop officials estimate that the textbook shortage hasn't got above 15 per cent this term. Last year, there were times when 30 per cent of the books were missing...
...Rush to Judgment, Lane...
...Cunning Rider. Besides the irksome presence of such minuscule bills, there was always the danger that sloppy language or slippery shirttail riders would go through unnoticed in the rush. Last week a Senate amendment to deny poverty funds to civil rights rioters was passed - but only after its sponsor, Virginia Democrat Harry Byrd Jr., hurriedly rewrote it on the Senate floor because even he was unable to explain what his original wording meant. Oregon's Democratic Senator Wayne Morse cunningly pasted a rider on the higher-education aid bill that, if passed, would grant home rule to the District...
...films are given to leather-jacketed couriers who hop on motorcycles and rush to the studio while the reporter chases down the next subject for camera and sound crews. By the time the reporter himself gets back to the studio he sometimes finds that the producer has put his story together in a surprising manner. After being told that he will be given 10 seconds in which to mouth an introduction to a 20-second slice of film, with perhaps 15 seconds of narrative later on, the reporter is likely to explode: "Yeah, but when do I get to tell...