Word: length
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Thursday at 4 p.m. the cross country meet will be held. The official length of the course is 2.3 miles, but a more realistic estimate is 2-0 miles...
...adversaries--supermarket and picketers--seemed woefully mismatched. The store was brightly lit, cleanly efficient, inviting. Sturdy, serious teenage boys, carrying packages from the outside conveyor belt to the cars waiting along the curb, hustled past the picketers who circled slowly and unevenly along the length of the storefront...
...first half of the race, Harvard was still within a half length of New Zealand, but West Germany had moved up to press New Zealand for the front spot. And by the 1500-meter buoy, Harvard had slipped to fourth and continued to fade...
Into the Zendo. The day at Tassajara begins at 4:40 a.m. with the sound of a tinkling hand bell and the han-a length of ash planking that is struck with a wooden mallet. Students must report to the zendo (meditation hall) by 5. As each person enters the zendo, he bows to the platform that holds the Buddha, burning incense, the roshi and Zen priests. After removing his shoes, the student arranges his zafu (black cushion), adopts the lotus position, and meditates for 40 minutes...
...blue velvet pants, white silk socks and patent leather buckle shoes. Brocaded vest and fingernails longer than a Japanese dowager's. At the other end of the room was Bruce, sullen and bored. He sat with his stubby fingers nervously drumming the edge of the chair. Alligator boots, knee-length leather riding jacket. Compressed nervous energy. Despite the awkwardness of the scene, they were generous with their conversation. We were lucky...