Word: spanned
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...coach Bob Bigelow, for the last two weeks Khan-yes, he is related; they all are--has produced "the best squash of his life. To shore up a perceived deficit in his mental game, the sophomore played five three game matches a day against his teammates during the time span leading up to the Harvard match (if you don't think this was a big one for Tufts you're...well, you're wrong...
...years, and the number of college-educated adults has never been higher. These people share a loyalty to the institution of the morning paper, the time to read one before work and an appealing (to the advertisers) level of disposable income. Also, by and large, they have the attention span and curiosity to seek out more in-depth coverage than television currently provides. Many in this group--particularly the upwardly mobile, increasingly suburban children of the baby boom--also gobble up consumer/fashion information, and papers like The Times have been happy to oblige. The papers find the arrangement congenial because...
Northeastern--with a 62-5 record over the past decade--is the strongest competitor Harvard has faced this season. During that span, the Huskies copped six Greater Boston Championships and seven New England Indoor titles...
...devastating stretch of poor shooting denied the Crimson a victory. During that 12-minute span in the fourth period, Harvard turned cold, ice cold. Unable to muster any sort of adequate play, Harvard's lead collapsed and it fell behind...
This loss of memory is due to a constant obsession with hunger and food, and is not uncommon, Carni says. "Anorectics have the attention span of three-year-olds. I've treated women who can't sit through a movie, read a book and who are totally insensitive to cold...