Word: spurt
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Celtics scored the first eight points and built a 42-16 lead during a ten-minute spurt in the second period, but the Bulls chipped away at the lead, cutting it to 53-38 at the half and 76-66 after three periods...
...third year of depression, had reason to celebrate last week. Domestic auto sales during the middle ten days of March jumped by nearly 30%. Of the three largest automakers, only Ford continued to suffer a sales decline, while Chrysler and General Motors sales were up sharply. The sales spurt, no doubt sparked by the industry's rebate deals, showed that the American public is willing to buy Detroit's products when the price is right...
...Administration is afraid that the economy is beginning to slow down at a time when there are few signs of relief from inflation. Government figures released last week showed consumer prices increasing at an annual rate of 12.7%. The principal cause of the latest runup in prices was a spurt in the cost of energy following annual rates Reagan's action in January to lift the remaining price controls on crude oil and gasoline...
...night after the gut-wrenching 56-54 overtime loss to Princeton that eliminated them from the Ivy League title race, the cagers fell behind early and spent most of the evening in futile pursuit of a scoring spurt that might have brought them back into the contest...
...personal with 10 minutes remaining in the game, he put in his finest night's work in a Harvard jersey. The 6-ft., 10-in. McCabe, sidelined all of the past two seasons with knee problems, scored ten points and blocked four shots (including two during the three-minute spurt), a performance which earned him a hearty round of applause after his final foul...