Word: spurt
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...crowds grew larger, began to stone the embassy; eight attachés took to an air-raid shelter. Chinese police and firemen tried to keep the crowds back with fire hoses, were greeted with howls of derision when they turned on the hose and produced only a feeble spurt of water...
...manager would tolerate a gin bottle in dugout or bullpen. So what explained the sudden spurt of skill of Detroit Third Baseman Reno Bertoia? For two full seasons, and even this spring, Bonus Baby Bertoia sometimes performed like a crossfoot clown in the field and was too tense at bat to hit his hat size. Still, as the season started, Bertoia was given the nod over Jim Finigan to play third. He has yet to make an error, and at week's end he was second in the American League in batting with a hefty .375 (behind Boston...
...down the Olympic course (2,000 me ters) on Princeton's choppy Carnegie Lake. But Yale's two feet of lead seemed too much for the Big Red to erase. Then, ten strokes from the finish, Cornell's all-senior eight found strength for a final spurt. Their shell slid across the line inches in front to win the heavyweight sprint championships of the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges...
What Can They Sell? Trade with the Red bloc is still a fraction of the non-Communist world's trade. Although French exports to China tripled from 1955 to 1956, they still totaled less than $23 million last year. Few expect a sudden spurt if the restrictions are lifted. British exports to China, worth $30 million last year (less than 1% of Britain's total exports), would probably double. Japanese exports to China, worth $24 million in this year's first quarter, have about reached the limit unless Peking can ship more and better coal and iron...
Baltimore defeated the Crimson, 17-7, on a rain-drenched field Thursday. A five point spurt midway through the first period gave Baltimore a lead which the varsity could never overcome...