Word: length
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...without any time to truly process what I had heard, tears welled into my eyes. My mind took off, and was soon tearing through every word I had ever had with my grandfather. I had known he fought on Okinawa, I had even interviewed him about it at some length for a high school history paper, but, polluted by the cynicism that so corrupts our culture, I had never really imagined him capable of anything truly great. Although, in talking to him, bits and pieces of his story suggested that maybe his was not altogether typical, I had shrugged these...
...also spoke at length about several prominent controversies, including the recent rerouting of Israel’s security barrier, the use of torture and other interrogation methods by Israeli authorities, and the detention of foreign nationals...
...example, the report “strongly recommends” that students take courses in moral reasoning and in quantitative analysis, and goes to great length to justify the importance of these courses, but does not advocate making such courses a mandatory part of a Harvard education...
...sorry if I can’t tell you in detail the length of the wood that your favorite major leaguer is swinging. Believe it or not, I wasn’t looking...
...those tired campus circles where national politics are discussed at length, it’s fashionable to echo a claim of noted liberals like Al Franken, that Republicans are so successful because they manipulate language to win the debate...