Word: spurted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...price of gasoline. Scrap copper, supplies of which had dwindled to almost nothing in expectation of a free market, scooted up 4? a lb. to 25?. Since that was more than the ceiling price on refined copper (24½? a lb.), metalmen were sure that the refined metal will spurt closer to the world price of 36? if its price controls are lifted. Steelmen predicted that prime scrap steel, now at $36 a ton in New York, would soar...
Harry Sacks again led the Crimson scorers with 20 points, mostly on short pivot shots. Bill Dennis shot nine foul shots to pace the fourth-quarter spurt. Ed Condon, Dick Manning, and Forrest Hansen also contributed several points at critical moments; Condon's set shot pulled the Crimson up to a late 62-all tie and his foul shot put it in front to stay shortly after, with three minutes left in the game...
...Lions opened fast and led the Crimson, 19 to 10, after the first ten minutes. In the second quarter, the home team scored 14 straight points in one spurt and ran ahead, 45 to 20, at the half. After that Columbia Coach Lou Rossini substituted freely, using 18 men in a three-and-a-half platoon setup. The Crimson finally outscored Columbia, 18 to 17, in the fourth period...
...ordinary citizens, when forced to the side of the road, are wont to claim. He must answer calls in the most miserable weather, and if his beat happens to be Harvard, or another college, he can be sure that he faces heckling, flashbulbs in the face, and an agonizing spurt of low humor begun by the question, "Hey, why do you wear red suspenders...
...moment to fulfill a lifetime's ambition by swimming from Europe to Asia, and the McGhees picked it up with enthusiasm. Another Senator, Wayne Morse of Oregon, cheered the swimmers on from a motorboat. Led most of the way by the powerful Texas-born ambassador, Long took a spurt at the end and finished the half-mile first, in 27½ minutes. McGhee was a close second; Mrs. McGhee third...