Word: spurt
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Kydes picked the rebound out of the air and headed into the nets. Charlie Thomas, with his leg injury almost healed, picked up his first goal of the season shortly before Papagianis scored on a shot from a pileup in front of the nets, to finish the three goal spurt...
...innovative glamour accounts for the recent leap. The 1972 model year started out with little new except strengthened bumpers. What brought most of the spurt was the freeze-produced sales of 1972-model cars at early-1971 prices, as well as the $200 excise tax cut that President Nixon has proposed. If, as expected, Congress approves the cut, dealers will refund the tax to customers. American Motors has in fact been making excise-tax refunds even before Congress acts; the company's sales jumped 50% in September, compared with the same month in 1970. Whether or not the sales...
...Connally cannily gave his blessing to several "reasonable" changes drafted by the House, including more tax relief for low-income families. He also accepted a House measure raising the standard rate of proposed investment tax credit from 5% to 7%. In order to give the economy a greater initial spurt, however, he asked the Senate to restore a House-cut premium rate of 10% for capital goods bought during the first year covered by the bill...
Yale soon began to put pressure on the Harvard defense and scored four goals at three-minute intervals, one on a beautiful quick stick. This spurt was a real psychological boost for the Elis, who have been slow starters all spring...
Construction Spurt. There are a number of more favorable portents. The long-reticent U.S. consumer may finally be in a shopping mood: retail sales for mid-April were 7% above those for a year ago, and last week Motorola reported a 65% jump in unit sales over April 1970. A continuation of the high level of residential building and a sudden spurt in other construction (up 6% for March on the Dodge index) encourages hope that the owners of all this new living and working space will decide to buy furniture and appliances for it in the not-too-distant...