Word: spurted
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...first half opened with both teams playing steady controlled basketball. The lead changed hands several times before the Crimson built up a 30-24 edge with 4:31 to go. Pivotman Brian Banks (12 points) and forward Cy Booker (10 points) hit several key jump shots during the spurt, but the Fordham offense came to life before the end of the half, trimming the Harvard lead...
However, Fitzsimmons warned that figures may fluctuate, citing a sudden spurt in Radcliffe applicants that took place in late December...
Notwithstanding his present spurt. Carter is a long shot for the nomination, though he has become a strong candidate for the vice-presidential slot. In a Gallup poll released on Oct. 26, 35% of the Democrats picked Senator Edward Kennedy as their preferred candidate, followed by Wallace (14%), Senator Hubert Humphrey (13%), Senator Henry Jackson (8%) and Senator Edmund Muskie (5%). Carter is lumped in with the "all others...
Again it was a Crimson lapse at the start of the second half that put the game out of reach. Earnie Seibert sandwiched a basket and a free throw around potential All-American Chris Sease's 20-foot jumper to lead a 7-1 spurt at the outset of the half, and give the Orangemen a 44-30 lead and a comfortable cushion to coast...
...third quarter at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 11.2% -or more than even the most optimistic economists had been predicting. During the April-June quarter, G.N.P. inched upward at a modest rate of 1.9%, following five consecutive and worsening quarterly declines. Main reason for the third-quarter spurt: the depressing effect of inventory cutting on production lessened greatly. Businessmen reduced inventories during the period at an annual rate of only $9.5 billion, v. $31 billion during the second quarter. Some Administration economists suspect that the $9.5 billion figure is too low. But even if it is revised upward...