Word: extends
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Today, with the false ideology of expansion disproved, the American people are fully aware of the fact that what was called the Mexican War of 1846 was an unjust action taken to extend the expansion begun in 1836, when, with the support of their government, Texas unilaterally declared its independence from Mexico in order to enter the Union. This led to the acquisition of not only the territory of that state but also of that now occupied by the states of Arizona, New Mexico, California, Utah, Nevada and parts of others...
...Stromberg was pleasantly surprised to find that many of his original classmates had matured, even though, he laughs, some didn't notice that he had left. "People here now seem more interested in me as a person; they seem more willing to extend friendships," he says...
Seen from 27,000 feet, through the windows of the British-made Trident jet that the Chinese provided for the trip, the majesty and mystery of the Himalayas extend into snowcapped infinity. We glided over the headwaters of the great Mekong and Salween rivers, then followed the Tsangpo River, which is the source for the Brahmaputra in India. Near the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, the mountains rise brown, harsh and uninhabited from a narrow valley that grudgingly spreads to a width of a mile at the airfield where we touched down...
...last year, Boston University has dominated Harvard in both football and hockey, and coach Paul Kemp hopes to extend that dominance into its second year...
...plans to tunnel under Boylston St. at the north end of Anderson Bridge, and then to extend the system another half mile west to Mount Auburn hospital. Owens said the project will be finished within two years, adding he is unaware of any other plans for work on the Charles near Harvard...