Word: blasting
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Colleagues dismissed Moynihan's blast as "overspeak," as one put it, but many Democratic leaders are admitting that their party needs intellectual refurbishing. In coming months, some of them will surely be competing with Moynihan for a voice in that undertaking. California's independent-minded Governor Jerry Brown, for example, has been keeping a low profile in Sacramento since dropping out of the presidential race last April, but he expects to play a major role in redefining what the Democrats stand for. Says Brown: "The party needs new direction and dimension, and I'll help give...
...months of the year was 22% below the same level of 1979, and the industry has laid off 86,000 steel-production workers, almost one-quarter of its labor force, in the past year. Japanese steel firms have been shutting down facilities, and now one out of three blast furnaces is idle...
Trailing 6-0 at the half, Quincy took advantage of a couple of South House fumbles to blast by--or rather to throw by--their visitors from the Quad...
SoHo took command early, mostly by becoming the first team all year to establish a running game against the Quincy defense. With the South offensive line calling the shots, Ricky Gallito and friends galloped 66 yards in ten plays--exclusively on the same inside blast...
...also one of the most visible players out on the field, whether she's taking an opposing fullback one-on-one or letting loose a shot that can be more accurately described as a blast...