Word: slamming
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...mortars, did not recognize the sound of howitzer fire as the first shells came arcing out of the mountains ringing Beirut to burst with gigantic splashes in the Mediterranean alongside the seafront boulevards. As the gunners found their range, reported TIME Correspondent Karsten Prager, the shells began to slam into office buildings and apartment houses. Sound trucks sped through the hastily cleared streets warning citizens: "Go to your basements and avoid elevators when the shells come." For some, the warning was too late. By one estimate, 200 Beirutis were killed and another 500 injured on a single...
...preparation for tonight's contest against Springfield Commerce Richards big men Turo Russell and Rudy Williams, were throwing Dr. J moves at their imaginary foes and finishing off their moves with stylish slam dunks...
...solar flares, or eruptions on the surface of the sun, are hurled through space to the earth. At lower latitudes, most of the protons are deflected by the earth's magnetic field. But near the poles, where the lines of the field bend toward the earth, the protons slam into molecules in the upper atmosphere and cause a shower of electrons. These, in turn, crash into nitrogen molecules, ionizing them and allowing them to combine with oxygen. As a result, nitric oxide (NO) and nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) are formed; both react readily with ozone molecules and cause their...
From Deutsche Grammophon conies Tchaikovsky's Concerto No. I in B-flat minor, recorded last November with Herbert von Karajan and the Berlin Philharmonic, which is both surprising and gratifying for its underplaying of the work's slam-bang heroics...
Reds' Squeaker. In game seven the pace barely diminished as the Reds, on the strength of slam-bang base running by Rose and decisive hits by Tony Perez and Joe Morgan, won a squeaker and the championship. The Boston Globe said it all the next day in a frontpage banner headline: REDS WIN-BUT WHAT A YEAR WE HAD! And what a Series...