Word: spanned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...screening room for a movie, but in the interest of sleeping and getting packed for the road show that was to start in the morning, he declined. Not so Hillary. Well after midnight, the President grabbed her, and they headed off to watch a rerun on C-Span of the hours-old hit everyone in the country was talking about...
...F.D.R.'s 1932 observation that "the country needs bold, persistent experimentation," but he rarely completes Roosevelt's thought: "Take a method and try it; if it fails, admit it and try another." But time is not Clinton's best friend. In an era when the citizenry's collective attention span can be measured in nanoseconds (and without a full-scale depression to guarantee patience), the President has confected his best chance to change course. If he fails, it may be his successor who gets to try something else...
...would quickly tell you, that is the future and this is now. Big Green Captain Peter Clark struck the telling blow seven seconds into the third period--his freak shorthanded goal put Dartmouth ahead to stay in what would be its first win over the Crimson since 1981, a span of 23(!) games...
...answer six years ago when a panel of experts from the National Academy of Sciences recommended a more realistic rule of thumb. If researchers determined that the level of pesticide did not cause more than one extra case of cancer in 1 million people over a 70-year life-span, then the amount was considered a "negligible risk" and therefore safe to consume. However, a group of environmental and consumer advocacy organizations, including the Natural Resources Defense Council, sued EPA to prevent it from adopting the new standard. "At a time when cancer strikes 1 in 3 Americans...
...other's eyes. When mankind graduated from scuttling around on all fours to walking on two legs, this change made the whole person visible to fellow human beings for the first time. Sexual organs were in full display, as were other characteristics, from the color of eyes to the span of shoulders. As never before, each individual had a unique allure...