Word: miles
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Afghan and Pakistani authorities allowed a funeral procession of some 2,000 vehicles to enter Afghanistan under Soviet military escort for the burial, which was attended by Najibullah. Just as Khan's body was being lowered into the ground, two bombs ripped through a parking area about half a mile away, killing a dozen people and wounding many more...
...Soviets seem to have found an effective in-flight training program. Cosmonauts now spend their waking hours in a "penguin suit," a running suit laced with elastic cords that creates resistance -- and needed exertion -- with nearly every move they make. They also go through extensive workouts that include two-mile runs on a treadmill. Throughout their missions cosmonauts stay on a diet designed to keep physical deterioration to a minimum. Romanenko's doctors say he lost at most 5% of his bone calcium, while other cosmonauts, although weightless for shorter periods, have suffered far higher losses. The cosmonaut added that...
...spill in a park less than a quarter mile from the Harvard athletic fields caused little environmental damage, a state official said yesterday...
State officials say they are counting on the federal government to pay half of the expected $391 million cost of restoring the 81-mile rail system...
...mile relay, which preceded the two mile relay, Harvard's time of 4:01.9 was enough to earn a victory. Running that event along with Rainey were Elizabeth Ross, Carol Curtain, and Dorcas Mamboleo...