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Word: rushing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...also the lingering fear that it could all happen again. As the walkout proved, even a brief suspension of service has an impact. Hundreds of thousands of commuters, for example, were forced to improvise means of getting to work and back. The post office, struggling through the Christmas rush, had to embargo all second, third and fourth class mail traveling more than 300 miles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Day the Trains Stopped | 12/21/1970 | See Source »

...Crimson's next rush up the ice, Steve Owen scored, assisted by Dan DeMichele, and Harvard seemed certain of victory. The forward lines, shuffled because of the absence of Joe Cavanagh, never appeared in high gear, but the performance of the defense kept the match a one-sided affair until midway in the third period...

Author: By Robert W. Gerlach, | Title: Defense Stars As Icemen Smother B. C., 4-0 | 12/16/1970 | See Source »

...eight minutes of the third period B. C., sensing defeat, picked up the pace of the game considerably. But the Eagles had only one good line, its sophomore first line, and Durno frustrated every rush...

Author: By Robert W. Gerlach, | Title: Defense Stars As Icemen Smother B. C., 4-0 | 12/16/1970 | See Source »

Although all this sounds exceptionally unexciting, the noises grow on you very quickly. Side two, entitled "There Whale Trip" (get it?), was recorded too close to the ocean's surface so there is a constant rush of water in the background. "After a few moments of listening." the blurb on the jacket says, "you will learn to hear much as a whale probably does, ignoring the background noises and focusing on the whale songs." And once again, the blurb is right. There you are, thinking as a whale does, splashing along just under the surface. You may soon drive your...

Author: By Deboratt B. Johnson, | Title: Whalesongs Beneath the Surface | 12/15/1970 | See Source »

...interest in the BSO on the part of the student community has eroded. With a student population of almost a quarter million around Boston, it would seem that the BSO is not doing its job." He talks of the effort the orchestra has made to win back students-the rush tickets, the open rehearsals, advisory committees of students from local colleges. The Sanders Theatre series, if it sold out, would still lose money for the BSO, he says, since subscriptions for the three concerts start...

Author: By Michael Ryan, | Title: Culture Comes to Harvard | 12/12/1970 | See Source »

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