Word: length
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...although the varsity race was tense, the biggest thrills of the morning came from the first freshman crew, who, after falling back by over a length, not only made up the gap but then pushed almost half a length ahead of the Bears in the last 600 meters...
...worst conditions, and it took us a little while to settle into it,” Lin said. “Brown handled it better than we did and kept their stroke rating up higher than ours, and after the first [25 strokes], they were about a length...
...aging generation burdened by lost love, crushed ideals, and the specter of violence.From the beginning, it’s clear that narrative is both inescapable and necessary, that language, in the words of one character, offers “a vicarious way of preserving our identity for an uncertain length of time.” “None of that exists anymore,” another says of his past: “the words are more real than the actuality.” Bolaño literalizes his metaphors throughout: masturbatory writing means masturbating with one hand while...
Fahey made up for her mistake by taking the ball the length of the pool and passed three Harvard defenders before scoring again—this time for the Bears...
...time to rest and relax, but it also means time to spend with family and friends. Unfortunately, as Harvard’s mental health professionals have agreed, the current calendar renders our academic breaks brief and harried with the stress of looming finals and papers and an unreasonably short length (two or more weeks shorter than most schools). Furthermore, our strangely short winter break and awkwardly situated intersession typically mean that it is too difficult, brief, and expensive for many students from distant states and, ever increasingly distant countries, to fly home. Even those who return do not have enough...