Word: rushing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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First-years were gradually ushered out of the hotel at 1 a.m. Although the council attempted to provide enough transportation back to campus, the glass-enclosed trolleys could not accommodate the rush. Many students experienced problems obtaining taxis, and were left waiting in the cold for up to an hour...
...veteran EA-6B pilot told TIME he was in no rush to blame his colleagues. The plane, he says, is complicated to fly and, unlike some military aircraft, has no automatic terrain-following features. On a low-level run, the plane is flying at nearly 500 m.p.h. "At that speed," he notes, "after a minute you're six miles off course." By week's end Italian authorities were insisting the plane was up to six miles outside the approved flight corridor. Marine officials agree the plane was too low, and some wonder if it was trying to fly under...
...cards or read a strategy guide. I couldn't tell you the chances of drawing a straight flush, and that's why I like to wager that I'll pull one. Every card dealt promises unbounded opportunity. Every hand is like a fresh start on life. Of course the rush I feel in the casino might just be from the second-hand smoke, but I'd like to believe it lies in this dance with fate...
...measuring how far you have come. As one of Atlas's friends tells him, he needs money to feel smart. Money is treated as a psychological necessity, like security, or peace of mind. The New York Observer treats the book contract bonanza lore like a gold rush than a session with a therapist. There is so much money out there, you simply have to take advantage of the market. The Observer piece reads like a challenge to our yankee ingenuity. In the old days we would have had to invent some new spindle for the textile factories of Lowell, Mass...
...From a coaching point of view it was a very sound technical game," said B.U. Coach Jack Parker. "There were times when there was close checking and then all of a sudden a rush would break out and there would be some great opportunities and some great saves. Then it would be back to control again...