Word: rushing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Senate that Republicans place their greatest hopes. While the factors and faces can change drastically by November, a number of interesting races are shaping up. Among them: OHIO. Democrat Stephen Young, 80, is retiring; two of the state's most popular Republicans are bruising each other in their rush to take his place. James Rhodes, the highly successful two-term Governor, and Congressman Robert Taft Jr., who hopes to follow in his famed father's footsteps, are headed for a punishing primary that only Democrats will enjoy. Despite allegations of misconduct leveled against him by LIFE magazine, Rhodes...
...military men get their way). The U.S. is likely to keep two airmobile divisions, probably the 1st Cavalry and 101st Airborne, each with about 450 helicopters, on hand after the other fighting units have been withdrawn. These units will serve as "fire brigades," taking advantage of their mobility to rush to any location where it appears that the ARVN (Army of Viet Nam) is in trouble. Even then, they are meant to take no part in the main fighting. Instead, they will free regular ARVN or militia units for combat by relieving them from road or town security duty...
...finally, the Patriots' dubious rapport with Boston College last year, which was hardly suitable for a team that is lucky to have any stadium at all to play in, should make Harvard hesitate to form an alliance. On several occasions, Patriot coach Clive Rush openly insulted the College and its administrative abilities, and once, before a flock of Boston sportswriters. Rush insisted that he would have BC hockey coach Snooks Kelley fired because the latter's Sunday hockey school was disturbing him as he attempted to address the press in the BC rink...
...production under way, Boeing had to construct one of the world's largest buildings?a plant covering 42.8 acres at Everett, Wash. Inside that vast space, the engineers encountered vast problems. The aircraft's weight grew by 15 tons from its projected 340 tons, and Pratt & Whitney had to rush development of a still more powerful engine. Because it burns its fuel more efficiently than other engines, the 747 is virtually free of the greasy smoke that trails ordinary jets on takeoff like ink from a frightened squid. Its engine is only half as loud as a 707's, though...
...Well if you are," said Vag. "I-I-I uh reckon I'm honored sir." He finished in a rush of breath...