Word: spanned
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These liberals--the Eastern media establishment in particular--have had it in for our President for a long time. Not only does Ron have a limited attention span, but, they add, when he does focus what little attention he has, he comes up with crazy harebrained schemes. A prime example is his Star Wars proposal--the lunatic concept that we could protect ourselves from unclear missiles simply by zapping them out of the sky with laser beams and the like...
Although celebrity is as old as society, Schickel believes that its new malignance results from the rise of communications technology. "Over a century's span," he observes, "the proliferation of information has created a need for simplifying symbols--usually people, sometimes objects--that crystallize an issue, an ideal, a longing." Hence the crucial importance of the image factories of movies and television, and the power of still photography that inflates every incident, from atrocity to treaty signing, only to reduce it to a photo opportunity...
...girders in 60 separate charges. But the Germans were too late: U.S. 9th Armored Division tanks and infantrymen, swarming down the steep bluffs overlooking the town of Remagen, reached the bridge just as the charges were tripped. Only a few detonated, though witnesses from both armies insisted that the span lifted off its stone foundations, then settled back down. Before the Germans could set more explosives, the Americans had taken the bridge and crossed the river, the last natural barrier between them and the German heartland...
...first praise of the dancers must be awarded to the impressive attention span of the kids. These fifth and sixth graders not only perform the steps set before them with laudable accuracy and energy, they manage also to remember all of the long and complex sequences. A special mention must go to Albert Silva who, while biting intently on his lower lip, dances with spirit and stage presence beyond his years...
...something eerie is happening. Sophie Fevvers, a trapeze artist who has already taken the Continent by storm, now holds London in thrall. Her act is indeed worth catching. For Fevvers, who stands 6 ft. 2 in. tall, also boasts a pair of wings that, when spread, span 6 ft. She does not hurtle; she soars. Attracted by the publicity, an American journalist named Jack Walser thinks he may have found another subject for a series he is planning on "Great Humbugs of the World." He interviews the famed "Cockney Venus" in her dressing room after a performance. On the wall...