Word: rushing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...found in later tests that New Orleans' drinking water, which comes from the Mississippi River, contained minute traces of 66 organic chemicals, some of them known carcinogens. (In New Orleans last week, there was a rush on bottled water, and city officials announced that they would investigate the water supply further.) Actually, the link between chlorination and the formation of these chemicals was confirmed abroad. J.J. Rook, a Dutch scientist, added chlorine to contaminated river water and to relatively pure lake water. The concentration of carbon tetrachloride and chloroform rose sharply in the polluted water...
...nearby Cocoa Beach topless bathing was outlawed. South Carolinians regularized the hours of the state's liquor stores, Arkansans spurned an attempt by bankers and businessmen to give the state legislature control over interest rates, and, in the year's biggest victory for Fundamentalism, the citizens of Rush Springs, Okla. (pop. 1,381), decided to outlaw dancing in public. Other proposals and the voters' decisions were of greater significance...
...last few weeks, however, it has been the Brown defense that has been winning ballgames, having allowed just 28 points to be scored against it in the last three games. The Bruins now stand second in the nation in defense against the rush...
...beginning to recede from their babyboom peaks, journalism education flourishes as never before. Last year 48,327 students were studying the subject, up nearly 16% from 1972. When the count for the current academic year is complete, it will show another increase. At the better-known schools, the rush has been particularly frenetic. Applications for the 128 places at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism almost doubled last year, to about 1,000, and the school has already filled 2,000 requests for 1975 application forms...
...Buffalo Bills and former Patriots coach, says, "Jim Plunkett is certainly one of the fine young quarterbacks in professional football. He is an intelligent player with outstanding tools. He particularly impresses us with his ability to read defenses and to set up and deliver the ball before the pass rush can reach...