Word: rushing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harvard created the first big break of the game with about four minutes gone in the initial quarter. A furious rush on Rutgers punter Steve Simek resulted in a blocked kick, putting the Crimson in business on the Knights two-yard line. John Friar was the man who stuffed the kick, and Paul Hartnett fell...
Back in 1951 the Mir had been very worried because word came that gold had been discovered in Hunza. His relief was great when the report proved false. A gold rush, explained the Mir, "would have meant the end of our way of life...
...education was going on in Boston-especially in South Boston. In an effort to stop the stoning of school buses and fighting among students, police units were further beefed up. Fifty-five patrolmen were assigned as motorcycle escorts for school buses, and three busloads of police stood by to rush assistance to trouble spots. At South Boston High School, where jeering, rock-throwing gangs of whites have been continually menacing black students, a squad of 800 helmeted tactical police worked 16-hour shifts. A police helicopter hovered overhead, radioing the locations of suspicious gatherings...
...nola, whose colleagues had overridden his pledge that independence would come only after a referendum in each territory, looked disgruntled as he signed the documents freeing Guinea-Bissau. In fact, he said not one word during the two-minute ceremony. He is so embittered by the rush toward decolonization that having twice tried but failed to gain for himself stronger powers, he is now said to be on the verge of resigning. He is certain that the guerrilla movements that are now taking control in the territories will lead them toward Communism...
...good pass rush," he said, "but there wasn't enough playing time for us to decide who'll be the starters. It's still too early to tell...