Word: spurting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...spurt, helped along by the threat of renewed fighting in Korea, reflected the booming expansion of Canada's economy to meet the needs of Western defense. Since the beginning of the year, the value of listed stocks on the Toronto exchange has climbed from $10.2 billion to $12 billion. Last week, with the announcement of a new ore discovery, Quebec Copper soared from $1.35 to $2.95. Canadian Pacific, Canada Cement and the Aluminum Company of Canada all hit new 1951 highs...
France went into the second month without a new government, and still its political revolving door creaked on. All week, would-be Premiers tried to wheedle the haggling center parties into a compromise, glancing nervously over their shoulders at General Charles de Gaulle, waiting to spurt into power if he gets the chance...
...Indians. Boudreau is hitting a neat 344, fielding well, and most important to Boston rooters, seems to have injected a little fire into the perennial also-rans. Cleveland, similarly, is off to a rare good start. How much the managing of Al Lopez is responsible for the early spurt remains to be determined...
Lowell's Jeff Watkins gave the Bell Boys a 37 to 28 win over Dunster with a last minute scoring spurt in a 'B' league House basketball game Wednesday. Watkins was the high scorer with 12 points. Duane Lansverk piled up ten points to lead the Funsters...
...Crimson got off to a quick start--at one time it led 14 to 7--but Penn came up rapidly. After tying the score 14 times in the first half, the Quakers put on a spurt to go ahead 37 to 32 at the half...