Word: spanned
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...year-old Arch Bridge linking Bellows Falls, Vt., and North Walpole, N.H., was declared unsafe eleven years ago. It was supposed to be dropped into the Connecticut River last December. After five explosive blasts, the span still stood, much to the chagrin of the demolition crew. It was made of a superior-strength steel. I hope that the experts will check to see if the other condemned bridges are made of quality steel and can be repaired rather than replaced...
...scare them away but it didn't work." Not long thereafter, a meter reader noticed that the living-room window was smashed and called the police. Guns drawn, officers entered the house with John and found not a burglar but a hawk with a 2-ft. wing span perched in the living room. John Pflueger theorized that the hawk had been going after a woodpecker snack when it hurtled through the window. Things have been more peaceful of late, but the hawk and dozens of woodpeckers can still be seen, waiting, through the snow-covered boughs. Says John...
Dennis actually kept his team close early on, stopping 15 Crimson first-period shots. And Princeton trailed by only two goals midway through the contest, when the hosts effectively sewed up the contest in a two-and-a-half-minute span...
...born to play the piano. His huge hands with their wide palms and spatulate fingertips could reach an extraordinary twelve-note span on the keyboard. His vast memory allowed him to store hundreds of pieces of music in his head, ready for performance on a moment's brushup. His quick mind enabled him to learn a new work simply by studying the score on the train or plane on the way to his next concert, where he would play it perfectly. Most important of all, he had the soul of an artist. When Arthur Rubinstein died last week after...
What is the memory span of moviegoers these days? Like Rockys II and III, Airplane II is less a sequel than an instant remake. Same actors: Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty as the star-crossed-eyed lovers, and a supporting cast of TV stars with the chance to guy their small-screen images. Same situation: an airliner (well, this time a space shuttle) careers wildly off course. Even same gags: Hays' terminally boring monologues, black men's jive talk, Peter Graves' penchant for talking dirty to little boys, Lloyd Bridges' strikebreaking air traffic controller...