Word: rushing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...eternal light" flickers above the wooden cabinet containing the Torah. The cantor, a bearded young man, sings the prayers, and the congregation responds in Hebrew. At the end, the worshipers link arms around one another's waists and sway in unison as they sing. Then, in an ecstatic rush, it is over. They break ranks, kiss warmly, wish one another a Shabbat shalom (a joyful Sabbath). The holy day has begun...
Bruce W. Robbins of 331A Harvard Street and Malverne, New York; James T. Rosenbaum of Peabody Terrace and Portland, Oregon; Gary L. Rosenthal of Leverett House and Tulsa, Oklahoma; Timothy N. Rush of Gilbert Hall and Briarcliff Manor, New York; Andrew E. Rouse of Winthrop House and Moss Point, Mississippi...
...closest friends have to wait outside in their cars in the parking lot and call up to the window, "Is Lobo O.K.?" The kids hold the raging beast down, inside the house, until a split-second before the visitor comes in the front door. Then Lobo is allowed to rush out the back door, a tornado of bristles and snarls, in a vain (hopefully) attempt to race around the establishment and up the front steps in time to rip the pants off whoever is going in the front door...
...Demand. The shortage results from the bicycle's biggest wave of popularity in its 154-year history. Environmentalists are turning to the bike as a pollution solution; physical-fitness fans like the bike as a heart preserver. Groups of workers in some traffic-choked cities have been staging rush-hour races among car, bus and bicycle, with the bike usually triumphant...
...winner with the group that counts most: the bettors. At Grand Central Station last week, one of nine off-track betting sites in the city, the crush of eager bettors-executives with briefcases, housewives toting shopping bags, cab drivers studying tip sheets, secretaries in hot pants-made it rush hour all day long. Although $2 bets account for 92% of the action, O.T.B. is now raking in an average daily handle of $235,000 and should begin to break even in three weeks-a full two months ahead of the projected schedule. Says Samuels: "It's beyond our wildest...