Word: rushing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Anyone who has taken the American Eagle bus from Boston's sparkling new South Station Terminal to crumbling downtown New Bedford understands the gap that exists in Massachusetts. Standing on Atlantic Avenue in downtown Boston during rush hour, life whips by as throngs of commuters cross paths with jack hammers and cement truck rebuilding Boston...
...delegations to Japan and Hong Kong to rally Asian unions against the hotel and urge travel agents to avoid it. It has secured endorsements from scores of the city's Asian and Latino civic and business groups, as well as 11 out of 15 city councillors, and it blocked rush-hour traffic with a sit-down protest last spring that resulted in 57 arrests...
...Payne's first great burst of inspiration arrived on the morning of Feb. 8, 1987. He was addressing his church congregation during the dedication of a sanctuary whose fund-raising committee he had chaired, and as he gazed out at the smiling faces of his friends, he experienced a rush of emotion at the pleasure and pride they all felt at the spirit of sacrifice that produced this noble moment. "Boy, that was a great feeling," he recalls telling his wife Martha later that day. "We gotta think of something else that will bring people together in that kind...
...YORK CITY: As basketball teams rush to throw tens of millions of dollars at free agents, the NBA must wonder whether it will be felled by the same problems that have damaged Major League Baseball. In one weekend, teams committed nearly half a billion dollars to eight free agents, three of whom have yet to win a single NBA playoff game. And that doesn't include the biggest fish in this summer's free-agent sea -- Shaquille O'Neal, who has been offered $115 million over seven years to re-sign with Orlando. The barrage of deals began after...
...expectations. Gizmos ranging from water-filled pillows to "magic finger" neck massagers to racks that let sufferers hang upside down can indeed provide some relief to a nagging back. "There is no evidence that they prevent a recurrence of back pain," says Dr. Gunnar Andersson, chairman of orthopedics at Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center in Chicago. "On the other hand, there is little risk that any product will cause serious harm. Perhaps what feels good should be good enough...