Word: spurted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Experts expect that the housing spurt will continue at least through the end of 1986. The National Association of Realtors predicts that new-home sales will reach 735,000 this year, up from 688,000 in 1985. But that level depends largely on interest rates remaining close to their current level. Many consumers fear that these rates are too good to last. Says George Pierce, a real estate agent for Coldwell Banker in Oak Brook, Ill.: "People are saying, 'I may never see this again. Now is the time to make my move...
...Bulldogs (4-5) put together a 6-0 spurt late in the contest to turn an 8-5 deficit into a four-goal victory...
...anticipated U.S. growth spurt may be delayed for several months while / the economy absorbs the oil-patch troubles. The beleaguered economies of Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma, which account for 10% of total U.S. goods and services, are large enough to create a drag on the rest of the country. Major American oil companies have made billions of dollars in budget cutbacks, and that will at least temporarily offset the increased spending by other firms preparing for the good times ahead...
...spurt included three Harvard goals in 25 seconds, two of them coming off the stick of freshman Brad Raymond in a 14-second span. Raymond finished with four tallies on the afternoon to lead all Crimson goal-scorers...
Photographs show a puff of black smoke spewing from the rocket milliseconds after ignition and a spurt of flame pouring from the same area 15 seconds before the explosion...