Word: spans
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...highest flyers. The strike caught Tillinghast not only near the crest of TWA's comeback but also at a time when the line must fly if it is to prosper. TWA's income is greatly concentrated in the summer along its west-to-east routes, which span two thirds of the world from California to Thailand...
...Bloom, an N.E.A. consultant, contends that half of a 17-year-old's intelligence is developed by the time he is four, another 30% between four and eight. School at ages four and five, he feels, could help a child "develop his language ability and a longer attention span, give him skills in learning to learn and establish relationships with others...
...should write as he does of my career [June 10]. When Canadian Franc. Joubin was employed by me, the price of uranium had already been fixed by the U.S. at the rate of $8 or better per pound for all uranium-producing countries. Canada was not excluded. The North Span Uranium Mine was completely financed by Morgan, Stanley & Co. and the Chase Manhattan Bank to the extent of about $90 million...
...earlier flips 2,500,000 and 3,500,000 years ago. Fossil remnants in the slices also indicated that several new species of algae and protozoa suddenly appeared about 2,500,000 years ago and existed without significant change until 700,000 years ago. Then, within a short time span, some of those species completely disappeared, others underwent marked change, and new species emerged...
...Columbia, Historian Dwight Miner, 61, carries with zest and buoyancy the weighty responsibility of teaching that college's long-famed course in contemporary civilization, following the tracks of such illustrious predecessors as Rexford Guy Tugwell and Jacques Barzun. Creeping, leaping, lolling his head like a cow, he tries to span everything from the Magna Carta to World...