Word: spanning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...liberty to fling their polluted bodies onto the pristine haven of my bed without regard for my well-being. Shoes track dirt into the dorm room and there is no reining them in. I find myself sharing cups and utensils with people I have known only for a span of months. Three years of this nerve-wracking activity and I am hanging on by a neatly-trimmed fingernail. What can I do to fight the power? I feel vulnerable for the first time. And I hate...
David Costa, a 50-year-old construction worker who has been fighting the IRS since 1988 over the $29,291 in back taxes he owes, sat down with agent Peter Salinger. "I watch C-SPAN," said Costa by way of introduction, "so I'm really afraid of you guys." Salinger spoke with Costa for 45 minutes, patiently answering his questions and offering help in the form of cheery phrases, such as "This is a new form they came out with in January" and "There's a form to fill out for that--I believe it's 83-79." Through...
...under the rules for burial at national cemeteries because of political or fund-raising considerations," said White House special counsel Lanny Davis. Indeed, the record shows the only burial exemptions the President made were for spouses of soldiers. Perhaps this is one Clinton scandal with a particularly short life span...
...headlines and reacts accordingly. Maybe it is as simple a phenomenon as jealousy of the success of others. Maybe the brief half-life of celebrity is due to our much-maligned disposable MTV culture, which tailors advertisements and events to viewers who are assumed to have the attention span of an electron...
Years ago, before the wonders of modern science increased our life-span, a woman was barefoot and pregnant for many years, sometimes until she died. Now, thanks to new technology, a woman can once again be barefoot and pregnant until she dies. Progress? BARBARA TRINCA Bloomfield...