Word: spans
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...those who suffer from gephyrophobia - fear of bridges - the alumi num-painted, 2,235-ft. span between Kanauga, Ohio, and Point Pleasant...
...Middle Atlantic region had the highest number of baccalaureate and doctorate degrees awarded in the nineyear span. New England was fourth, the Pacific area third, and the East North Central region second...
...able to turn a former hobby or avocation into a new vocation and, in effect, start a new career to fill their lives. For the majority, early retirement is cruel. It may cover up to 30 years, or one-third of a man's whole life span. It is also, Dr. Wright argued, economically and socially unsound...
...shock waves from the earthquake also caused seiches (water oscillations) in rivers, lakes and protected harbors along the U.S. Gulf Coast from Texas to Florida. At New Orleans, a drawbridge tender felt the span shake beneath his feet, and a sudden rise of from 1½ to 5 ft. in the level of the Mississippi caused docked vessels to break loose from their moorings. In Atlantic City, N.J., (more than 4,000 miles from the quake), the thorough scientists report, water sloshed over the top of a hotel swimming pool...
ROUSSEAU AND REVOLUTION, by Will and Ariel Durant. This final volume of their 38-year labor to record man's progress across the span of 20 civilizations proves once again that the Durants are unique historians...