Word: spurt
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...months. When that happens, the Soviet controllers radio commands that explode the satellite into nuclear and nonnuclear components. The nonnuclear parts are allowed to sink back into the atmosphere, where most of the metal burns up in the frictional heat of reentry. The reactor is lifted with one last spurt of rocket fuel to an altitude of 500 to 600 miles, where it can drift safely for hundreds of years...
Dartmouth later cut the margin to three, but with just four minutes left the cagers mounted an 8-0 spurt to put the contest out of reach...
...reason for that optimism is the brightened energy outlook. World oil supplies are ample, and the price of crude is more likely to sink than spurt. In an effort to raise cash, several members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries have been overshooting their production quotas and offering customers discounts off the cartel's $34-per-bbl. official price. "OPEC's quota and pricing system may be on the verge of breaking down," said Board Member James McKie, an economics professor and energy expert at the University of Texas. If that happens, McKie added, oil prices could...
...Crimon had burst in an early 18-10 lead after a 12-2 spurt near start of the game. But the offense turned cold, as Dartmouth shut down Haevard for 7:19 during a 12-point run that gave it a 32-28 lead before half time...
...with the score 4-3 in Harvard's favor midway through the first quarter, the hosts went on a rampage, scoring 10 of the next 12 goals. When the spurt was over, the Crimson had a nine-goal halftime lead, on its way to a 24-16 victory, and as they say at Boston Garden, school...