Word: rushing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...DEMAND for coal began to rise slowly in the late 1960's and increased dramatically after the Persian Gulf oil embargo until it reached the current price level of $30 a ton. The industry's simultaneous rush to expand production has increased the need for miners so that for the first time in over a decade the large coal companies have begun hiring new workers. Miller intends to use the union's resulting leverage over management to obtain such benefits as paid sick leave and a cost of living escalator clause that have become standard in the contracts of many...
This week Kirkland House, which avoided the rush two years ago to lock House gates and entry-way doors, began considering tighter security measures following the attempted rape of a House resident last weekend...
...pass rush by the front line was also the best of the year, as the Columbia quarterback was sacked four times during the day, and was constantly under pressure whenever he went back to pass. End Hardy Widemann and tackle Rob Shaw were particularly ferocious in their pass rush...
...portion of the audience's anxious anticipation. Instead, the reverse was true; as the tension of the music built, so did the crowd's. The band sailed into the familiar chords of the immortal "Sweet Jane" at which point the anxiousness of the spectators was resolved in a rush of emotion. The audience reached its climax with the first couple of verses and instantly, everyone stood up on his or her seats. The spots fell down upon the main mike next to which stood an emaciated Lou Reed, clad in a sleeveless black T-shirt and worn-out jeans...
...serious discussion of the racism in Birth of a Nation--the demonstration's goal--has been temporarily placed aside. A viewing of the movie could only have encouraged it. There was no danger presented by the audience--no one was about to rush out at the film's conclusion to smash school bus windows with ax handles. Instead of analysis, there was a miscalculated victory chant for the demonstrators, and bitterness for those who had come to see the movie...