Word: inched
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...must emphasize the fact that the authenticity of Scheissmann scrolls has been questioned, because the German scholar won't submit them to Carbon 14 date-testing--he alleges that writing covers every inch of every scroll...
...Dewey arrived at Harvard in fall 1969 from a rural area ten miles outside Boise, Id. ("Out in the sticks," he admits with a chuckle.) "I got here and just hated the place. At home I could go pheasant and rabbit and deer hunting of fish and catch 20-inch trout. But here there are no mountains, the air is dirty, and you can't see the stars at night," he says...
...contrast, the Kremlin, which for years has portrayed Chou as Mao's anti-Soviet henchman, found no cause for mourning. Pravda noted Chou's death in a one-inch, six-line item near the bottom of page 5, beneath a routine story about the Common Market; the paper gave less space to Chou's death than it did to a Cabinet shuffle in Ecuador and a Burmese campaign against smuggling. The brevity of the announcements and the absence, at week's end, of official comment indicated that the Russians were proceeding with their customary caution. Like Washington, Moscow presumably expects...
With Carey and Banks on the bench, Fordham dominated the offensive and defensive boards. Six foot-ten inch center Kevin Collins (17 points) combined with Fordham's high scoring forward Kevin Fallon (21 points) to raise Fordham to a 64-58 lead with only 5:02 left...
...Ricketts edged in close to play hoses on the Belknap, the destroyer suddenly found herself under fire. Three-inch shells were exploding in an ammunition locker on the Belknap, sending shrapnel whining across both decks. Twice the Ricketts had to back off before she finally was able to tie up to the Belknap. The Ricketts' crew had axes handy to cut the lines if the blazing cruiser seemed on the point of blowing...