Word: extends
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...engine -- the crew will trigger explosives to jettison the escape-hatch cover, then exit one by one. If the rocket system is in place, each astronaut will be yanked from the ship with 2,000 lbs. of thrust. Otherwise, they will hook onto the telescoping pole, which will extend through the door, and let gravity and airflow pull them down and out of harm's way. Both the astronauts and NASA favor the pole: it avoids the danger of rocket fuel in the cabin and takes up less space. Of course, entering a high-speed stream of air blowing...
...most ills. Even so, psychologists are slowly recognizing that great riches are sometimes accompanied by a wealth of crippling emotional and psychological fears. Affluenza can be acute, striking lottery winners or newly minted doctors and M.B.A.s. It can also be a chronic and pervasive condition in families where riches extend through generations. Says Aryeh Maidenbaum, a psychoanalyst in New York City: "The children grow up in a sheltered environment, a kind of golden ghetto without the walls...
...rivalry revives itself this afternoon in New Haven when the Crimson (10-0 overall, 3-0 Ivy) faces the host Elis (11-1, 2-1). A Harvard victory would give the Crimson both the Ivy League and national championships for the sixth straight year. It would also extend Harvard's winning streak to 69 games...
Hastings says he has argued with University officials to create bicycle lanes in the Yard, and he has gone to town council meetings to urge the city to extend the Charles River bicycle path...
After dropping Harvard, 71-63, Friday night, the Big Red traveled to Hanover for a showdown with second-place Dartmouth. And Cornell burned past the Big Green, 101-85, to extend its lead in the race to two games with only four left to play...