Word: extends
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...offer higher prices for apples to local farmers than the middlemen--the truckers who buy apples to resell for higher prices in Guatemala City. The co-op assembly decided to take the risk and borrow the money to invest in the factory, on the condition that the volunteer would extend his stay another two years, until the factory is established...
When they have finished their term, some volunteers will extend their stay for one or two years more. Occasionally a volunteer will marry a Guatemalan and decide to remain indefinitely. Many of them realize that they prefer the rural way-of-life and will either buy land in Latin America or join an agricultural commune when they return to the United States. One volunteer was writing a novel and planned to work for a magazine in New York City while he tried to get it published. Another decided to get a job in the Caribbean and learn French. Those...
Many of the Ivy League schools and over 200 colleges in the country have already announced their plans to extend Christmas and semester breaks...
Tufts will extend its Christmas vacation by two weeks, and in addition will close on February 8, to resume classes on March 12, Tufts administrators said...
...pong game is forever. Although players can position their paddles so that the blip should move between them permanently on a fixed path, the pong machine automatically breaks up steady-state rallies that extend beyond a given time period. Some machines turn themselves off in such a situation, while others are programmed to divert the blip from its path. Even pong has its limits...