Word: rushing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Evidently, the Hughes relatives appreciated the importance of keeping the empire operating smoothly until there is a final settlement. Indeed, if ever an empire cried out for effective management, it is Hughes'. A patchwork business, it was haphazardly acquired, often when Hughes was in a rush to invest company earnings that he would otherwise have been forced to pay himself as highly taxable profits...
...Franciscans have endured two municipal employees' strikes in the past two years (the most recent was a three-day-long police and firemen's walkout last August), and were ready to cope. Traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge was tied up for extended rush hours but never hopelessly snarled. Some 500,000 regular users of city transportation (including thousands of schoolchildren) had to find another way to get to their destinations. Most hiked or biked uncomplainingly up the city's hills. But more than a third of the student body was absent because some school-bus service...
...Whale Show. At the Proposition Theater, 241 Hampshire St., Cambridge. Wed and Thurs through April, at 8:30 p.m., tickets $4.50, student rush...
...joggers run along the banks of the Charles to improve their health, while crew team members scull on the river. The ironic truth is that these athletes may be doing more harm to their systems than good by exercising in the vicinity of Memorial Drive and Storrow Drive during rush hour...
...banks of the Charles pose similar dangers. Carbon monoxide sampling that I did during the week of April 1 through April 9 showed CO levels of 25 ppm not uncommon during rush hour. For the one hour jogger, carbon monoxide levels found on the circuit exceed those of heavy cigarette smokers in some cases. For example, a person smoking three cigarettes in a row may produce carboxyhemoglobin levels of 7 per cent, corresponding to an altitude of 7000 feet above sea level. The physiological consequences are the same as those for the hockey player...