Word: spurts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Alvin I. Reiff '47, directing the drive in Lowell House, announces that the Bell-boys sales have zoomed to $2500 in bonds and $300 in stamps in a last-week spurt. A breakdown of the sales shows that 85 percent of Lowell House has participated in the campaign...
...June 1, Annapolisman McCampbell jubilantly radioed his group's first tally. On June 19, McCampbell, who directs his group from a Hellcat, helped them set a new Pacific record for one day's combat (68½) by bagging seven himself. His biggest spurt in the ace-race came in the second battle of the Philippines when he set a Pacific (and perhaps World War II's) solo record for one day's combat. That day he shot down nine planes in 95 minutes (TIME...
Frontal assault on the tower was impossible for the light-weaponed Americans. Like Indians around a blockhouse they harassed it with fire from trees, doorways, windows. At last three British tanks rumbled up after their 20-mile spurt from Eindhoven. As they arrived the Belvedere's guns spoke-and all three tanks were knocked...
Highlighting the afternoon was the Jayvee race, in which M.I.T. edged out the Redmen by only two feet., Getting off to a bad start, Cornell soon outdistanced the Crimsonmen and threatened Tech from the half-mark on. Then a beautiful last-minute spurt almost turned the trick, at any rate leaving the Cantabs out of the competition by two and one-half lengths...
...them independently. Skill is the one thing you can give away without losing it yourself. And the net result will make loans to these countries good long-view investments, since new prosperity to the countries being transformed will mean added prosperity to the already industrialized nations experiencing an employment spurt in supplying the implements for the transformation...