Word: height
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...until last Saturday, Fogel had never played chess on a 20-foot by 20-foot canvas board. He had never used red and yellow pieces made of corrugated cardboard. And the pieces he had used had never approached his height...
...clerk brought out a yellow federal form, and I filled in my name, address, height, weight, race, and date and place of birth. I also answered eight yes-or-no questions about my citizenship, criminal record, illegal drug use, and whether I had ever been judged mentally defective or been dishonorably discharged from the armed forces. After I signed it, he asked to see my driver's license. I said I didn't have it on me but could recite the number and had other I.D. He insisted on the driver's license, so I retrieved it from...
...bipod mast. Stretching 20% taller than an ordinary mast on a yacht this size, it looks something like a seven-story wishbone straddling the boat. Made of lightweight carbon-fiber, it replaces the familiar -- and bulky -- pole-and-support system midships, for a better airflow onto the mainsail. The height of the newly designed structure allows the boat to carry 25% to 30% more sail for greater speed. Moreover, it is movable and hinged at the deck so that the entire assembly can be raised and lowered...
Currently, there is no ROTC program on Harvard's campus. The College awards ROTC scholarships, but forces students to travel to MIT for ROTC classes and drills. That's been the policy since the late '60s--the height of anti-Vietnam War sentiment in the nation--when the program was effectively banned from campus...
...HEIGHT of the Vietnam War, Marius listened to Lyndon Johnson recite a paragraph of a Winston Churchill speech almost word-for-word. Marius's reaction: "I thought, 'That son-of-a-bitch! Not only is he a murderer, but he's a plagiarist...