Word: proceeded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...considerate person will hold open the door for another whose arms are full, because it is an easy thing to do--much easier in terms of total convenience than forcing the carrier to drop his load, open the door by himself, pick up his load and proceed. A considerate student will go to class on Friday rather than Monday so that 30 to 40 per cent of his classmates can attend...
When Kissinger says that, even with the benefit of hindsight, he is not sure what he should have done seven years ago, the Carter Administration can be forgiven for some puzzlement about how to proceed now, as it tries to deal prudently with undemocratic, potentially unstable regimes...
...TIME'S circulation had climbed to 250,000, and Larsen and Luce were deep in preparation for another magazine, FORTUNE. They decided to proceed with the new venture, an expensive monthly devoted to business, even after the Crash. In a 1929 communiqué, they declared: "We will go ahead and publish, but we shall be realistic. We shall recognize that this slump may last as long as one year...
...chopping of important scenes, and the self-consciousness of each departure from Shakespeare unnerve the audience and often make the play's plot incomprehensible. Sellars might just as well have bounded on stage, done a headstand, cried "look at me!" before the curtain rose, and let the play proceed with a modicum of sensibility...
Picking up from the previous day's noisy interruption, Higginbotham and Helton resume the tediously slow job of getting the reactor back into action. One by one they withdraw control rods, watching as the reactor temperature rises. The work must proceed with agonizing care, and the morning is nearly gone before Maher says, "O.K., guys, we're taking her up. Let's shift her onto line and make money." But Janacek stops to check his students' progress. "We've got damn good safety systems," he says. "But they're only as good...