Word: miles
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Such all-important questions as the exact status of a group of women cricketers who inadvertently visited South Africa, or the possible viability of various tentative two-mile stretches of motorway can easily be elaborated upon until they assume the nature of compulsive interests. The variety of briefs and letter that can be written upon such topics is legion and easily will appeal to the budding intellectual...
...gamble paid off spectacularly. On March 4, 1986, having swung by Venus to drop off scientific probes, Vega 1 trained its camera on the comet, then less than 9 million miles away, and relayed high-quality pictures to earth. Two days later, it came within 5,500 miles of the comet's heart. Although pelted by dust, Vega 1 revealed for the first time the dimensions and dynamics of the ten-mile-long nucleus...
...nerves of Cairo's roughly 12 million residents and 1 million annual visitors. Much of the capital's legendary congestion may finally be relieved this week, when Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak officially opens Cairo's first subway service. Five years and $1 billion in the making, the 17-mile, six-station ( system is the first phase of a projected 25-mile line that will ultimately transport 1 million passengers...
...work. I've sharpened every pencil within a five mile radius. I've shaved, overeaten, cleaned my desk, showered, made tentative plans to someday do my laundry, and called all past and present acquaintances plus a few phoney phone calls because I'm such a cut-up. I am now ready to begin my studies...
...crowds of curious civilians blocked the highway and forced us to park the car about a mile from the firefight. The faces of the onlookers revealed a nervous excitement rather than fear. As we walked further down the road, the sound of machine gun fire became louder, but to our surprise the crowd did not thin. The multitude of people offered us a sense of security, so we kept on moving towards the battle...