Word: thrustingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Rutledge, after dropping his first three bouts in the preliminaries, stormed back to sweep his last nine, to tie for second in the second pool of action and thrust himself into contention for the individual sabre title...
True, that terror subsided after 1956, when, by Khrushchev's decree, millions were freed from the giant "archipelago" of prisons and camps run by "Gulag," the Central Corrective Labor Camp Administration. But the significance of Gulag lies in its thrust into the present?and future?of the U.S.S.R...
...serious discrepancies between Dean's testimony and the White House summary, however: 1) that Nixon added "That we can't do" to the discussion of silence money, and 2) that he declared that "We can't offer clemency to anybody." These points provide significant conflicts. The thrust of Dean's testimony was that Nixon had raised no objection to these cover-up activities...
...unpleasant?" a female admirer once asked James McNeill Whistler. "My dear, I will tell you a secret," the cocky 5-ft. 4-in. American painter replied. "Early in life I made the discovery that if one is delightful, one has to thrust the world away to keep from being bored to death...
...excited fan ripped an advertisement off the wall and held it above his head for the throng to see. "Erma Bombeck Writes for the Boston Globe" received a chorus of cheers as her picture was thrust up above the rabble...