Word: radius
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...themselves in Eyam to save the rest of Derbyshire. Such was the authority of the clergy, the power of faith and the eloquence of the 28-year-old rector that the people of Eyam agreed. A circle was marked out with stones around the town a half-mile in radius. The Earl of Devonshire agreed to provide most of the necessary food and other goods, which outsiders left nervously on the perimeter every week...
Principally, they stem from what New Rightists call her "drastic amending" of a bill that would have banned adult bookstores within a one-mile radius of schools and parks. O'Connor altered the restriction to 4,000 feet, but she clearly had no desire to corrupt youth. One possible motive: getting state law to conform with federal statutes, thus reducing the possibility of court challenges...
Discussing the almost inconceivable results of a full-scale nuclear attack on Boston to emphasize her warning. Caldicott told her hushed audience that all people within a six-mile radius of the city would be immediately vaporized, as concrete and steel structures burned and a deadly storm of fire and wind raged over as much as a 15,000-square mile region...
...that left five soldiers dead near McCreesh's home village of Camlough in Armagh County. The 1,000-lb. device, planted by the I.R.A. in a culvert and detonated by remote control, pulverized a passing ten-ton Saracen armored car, scattering fragments and bodies around a 300-yd. radius...
...NOTEBOOK: With the season winding down, it is time to give a round of applause to Messrs. Allard and Martelli, who have seen their sons play in just about every home game and most away games, too. "If it's within that 100-mile radius." Vinnie said. "my dad will be there." Don Allard Sr. was quite an athlete in his own right, a star at Boston College... Next in line for plaudits are coach Alex Nahigian and assistant coach (and assistant athletic director) Jim Stoeckel, who planned a marvelous afternoon at Soldiers Field yesterday. The event was the first...