Word: spanning
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...tensegrity mast is an ideal, lightweight kingpost from which to sling hovering floors or soaring ceilings. The octet truss can be extended in any of twelve directions, used whenever a light and inexpensive space frame is needed to span great distances. "Right now," says Bucky, "the truss and mast together could be made to bridge the Grand Canyon...
...subject matter of economics is the productive system, with all its relations to the world of technology. The concern of economics, however, is this system's role in society and its effect on men, their livelihood, and their institutions. Not an integrator of the two cultures, nevertheless it must span the separation...
...made other recordings of the nine. But Columbia decided on a repeat performance with latest recording techniques, including stereo. The job was done with a specially hired orchestra of Los Angeles musicians in a hall not far from Bruno Walter's home. There, day after day over a span of six months, the old man led his men in the performances that he hopes will stand as "a kind of testament to the feeling I have for Beethoven...
...seminar experiment, coupled with the present policy of releasing sophomore standing entrants from Gen Ed A and the newly instituted trial of intensive, short-span composition instruction, is indicative of a new approach to the problem of teaching freshman to write...
...Columbia's last to date, came in one of the most exciting encounters in a series that dates back to 1877. Despite the span of 82 years, only 17 games have been played in the ancient rivalry, with Harvard winning 10 and the Lions seven...