Word: spurted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...week. Though no one knows exactly how many pictures Hollywood will produce this year, the total will probably be about 250, far below the 600 of Hollywood's heyday, but hardly the output of a dying industry. Twentieth Century-Fox says that it is "enjoying the greatest production spurt in 13 years," in 1959 will spend $64 million on 32 new pictures, highest ever in a single year...
...exciting-and profitable-was the ancient art work that Mexicans started collecting, hired peons and Indians to do their digging. Mexican authorities became conscious of their ancient heritage, prohibited the export of valuable art. Result: a new spurt in excavations and the rise of smuggling. As more exotic relics appeared in the U.S.. such art buffs as Nelson Rockefeller, John Huston, Charles Laughton became avid collectors and paid top prices...
Good fast breaks and accurate shooting sent the varsity out to a 15-6 lead. Sparked by the speed and aggressiveness of Mike Donohue, who capped the early spurt with a beautiful three-point play, the Crimson remained in front until Downs tied...
Employing a man-to-man defense, the Crimson opened the second half with a scoring spurt, capped by Richling's lay-up, that gave the varsity a 47-46 advantage at the 5:40 mark. And despite McNulty's 23 points in the second half, fine play by Griff McClellan, Richling, Bowditch, Harrington, and Bob Repetto kept the Crimson close enough to set the stage for the final rally...
...slow start which sent many of the fans downstairs to watch the swimming meet characterized the entire first half, except for a brief Crimson spurt toward the end. Trailing 24-22 with five minutes to go, the varsity began to utilize a good fast break and pulled ahead, 30 to 25. But the Bruins quickly closed the gap, and went off at halftime on the short end of a 32-31 score...