Word: thrustingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...game with World Bank President Robert McNamara, he headed directly for Sadat's lavish four-story seaside villa. As Vance approached, Sadat began opening his arms for the traditional Arab embrace with which he used to greet Henry Kissinger; he quickly checked himself when the very reserved American thrust forward his arm for a handshake...
...reason is plain: Some of the farthest-out pilgrims of the struggle keep crossing over from the worthy to the frivolous, from the serious to the preposterous. Granted, the main thrust to assure fair play for all Americans goes on as plausibly as ever, its partisans earnest, their issues understandable, their purposes reasonable. Still, there must be some sensible bounds-no matter how elusive-to the claims that can be made in the name of nondiscrimination...
...quotation is incomplete and misses the thrust of the story. What the apocryphal Englishman said was: "My dear fellow-the noise, the confusion and the people...
...Rights Act of 1964, federal courts responded sympathetically to lawsuits seeking an end to job discrimination in U.S. industry. The result has been measurable progress in the hiring and promotion of blacks, other minorities and women. Last week the Supreme Court took a step that seemed to brake the thrust of the past dozen-odd years. In a 7-to-2 decision, the court struck a blow for union seniority systems and weakened the basis for so-called past-discrimination suits. Through such suits minority-group workers have won retroactive seniority over whites and, in some cases, millions of dollars...
Hostages on the train, meanwhile, were treated far more harshly. In a brutal display of their serious intent, Moluccans thrust bound and blindfolded captives outside the train with ropes around their necks and then hauled them back on board...