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Word: spans (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Minutemen marched 73 yards on 14 plays over a seven-minute span, but the Harvard defense quashed the rallying visitors by gang-tackling halfback Cliff Pedrow on a fourth-and-two at the Harvard...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Crimson Gridders Zap Minutemen, 10-0 | 10/2/1978 | See Source »

...presidency have also changed. Herbert Hoover rated only four TIME covers, none of them during his one term as President. But in a 2½-year term, Gerald Ford appeared 19 times. The unchallenged winner of the cover sweepstakes: Richard Nixon, who appeared 53 times in a 23-year-span...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Sep. 25, 1978 | 9/25/1978 | See Source »

...early influences on the children of the upper and middle classes. What happened to the boys when they left home is a more complicated subject, because the schools to which they were exiled at around age eight have a history dating back some 14 centuries. That is a daunting span for any single book to cover, but the author attacks it with zest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Schools for Scandal and Virtue | 8/21/1978 | See Source »

...averages have caught up, in a big way. When the Sox score only two runs in three games at Fenway and manage only one hit off the Wall in that span, they are in big trouble. Only some magnificent pitching and the Brewers' seeming reluctance to pick up games has kept the Sox out in front...

Author: By Andrew Multer, | Title: Thoughts On The Slump | 8/1/1978 | See Source »

...viewed in Cairo as a sign of progress. In light of what the Egyptians feel is a hard line by Begin, Sadat has revised his timetable for peace. Says one of Sadat's top advisers: "We're now thinking in terms of a much longer time span. This will not be the year for peace. So we've got to explore a new route...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Agreeing to Try Again | 7/17/1978 | See Source »

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