Word: thrust
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Finally, the long series of complaints that have been launched by universities seem to have been heard. The very nature of a university is free and open. If universities are hit with research restrictions, the forward thrust of innovation and technology is stopped," he said...
...fact, it is Sarah's desertion which provides the cure to Macon's existential homesickness. By the time she comes back desiring her old security and admitting that "some things are worse than boring," it is too late. Having been thrust into unfamiliar territory, Macon has been forced to confront his own restlessness. Sitting in a hotel room, the world-weary traveller idly muses on the idea of calling his next book "The Accidental Tourist At Home." At one point, in lonely desperation, he considers faking a coronary just to feel the soothing touch of a human hand. Tyler...
...motion halted by friction. But the force propelling Cocos forward remains unrelenting, building up strain in the rock of both plates. When the frictional forces are overcome, the "stuck" section of the Cocos plate lurches forward (at least 10 ft. last week), generating the shock waves of a "thrust" quake...
Lately, it seems everyone is talking about the anti-urban phenomenon. But farmers and people who live in the countryside have not done anything to warrant this powersurge in attention: their greatness has been thrust upon them by a nostalgic president and an eager media that senses an affecting American Values story in the Heartland...
Gorbachev's interview with TIME is the boldest thrust to date in the oneupmanship that has been going on between Washington and Moscow. Each side has been trying to outdo the other in poor-mouthing the prospects for the summit while reiterating its own determination to keep plugging away. In a major escalation of this serious game, Gorbachev has now essentially accused the U.S. of seeking to sabotage the meeting in advance...