Word: sped
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...mortems for the recently deceased telecommunications deregulation bill indicate the convergence of the cable and phone industries will proceed, although at a slower pace. The legislation, S. 1822, would have allowed major players in the telecom and cable business to compete in each other's territories, and would have sped up the development of the i-highway. But Senator Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.) was forced to pull the plug after Republican Robert Dole of Kansas broke a tenuous congressional consensus and came out against the bill. The legislation had significant goodies for consumers, says TIME Washington Correspondent Suneel Rattan...
...many people fell or were pushed overboard. Then, when the boat was a few hundred yards from shore, the sail's boom broke free and swept across the deck, knocking scores more into the sea. The four policemen who had tried to stop the voyage saw the chaos and sped away, leaving hundreds in the water...
...knees and kissed the sandy soil. As the welcoming crowd cheered and waved black-red-green-and-white flags, he was surrounded by officials and security men from the Palestine Liberation Organization. He and his aides piled into a convoy of cars and trucks carrying armed guards and sped along the main north-south route into Gaza City. Thousands of supporters roared a welcome outside the building where the Israeli army of occupation had its local headquarters until last...
...Then three shots rang out in the darkness and there was chaos." Panicked boat people pushed others into the water, and the boat's boom broke free, knocking still more people into the sea. The four policemen who had come to stop the fleeing refugees saw the chaos and sped away, leav
Game two was decided by the sort of late-game comebacks the Crimson has been famous for his season. The Quakers again sped out in front of Harvard in early innings...