Word: spans
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...asleep in her parents' car. Yaritima Fruto, 1, was sitting in her mother's lap in an auto stopped in traffic. Ben Williams, 3, was asleep in his family's apartment. Rayvon Jamison, 9 months, was playing in a walker in his grandmother's kitchen. In a span of nine days, all were struck by random shots fired from 9-mm semiautomatic pistols, which have become the favorite weapon of drug runners and neighborhood gangs...
They have trouble making decisions. They would rather hike in the Himalayas than climb a corporate ladder. They have few heroes, no anthems, no style to call their own. They crave entertainment, but their attention span is as short as one zap of a TV dial. They hate yuppies, hippies and druggies. They postpone marriage because they dread divorce. They sneer at Range Rovers, Rolexes and red suspenders. What they hold dear are family life, local activism, national parks, penny loafers and mountain bikes. They possess only a hazy sense of their own identity but a monumental preoccupation with...
...bill to create a dollar coin, stamped mainly out of copper (which, not coincidentally, is plentiful in his state). He predicts the coins will drive paper dollars out of circulation because they can be used so readily in vending machines. Moreover, they will last 20 years, vs. a life-span of only 18 months for paper bills...
Summarizing the essence of the historic turn that occurred in the 1980s, I would say this: within a very short span of time, people have begun to regain hope for a better future...
...game, has always been a prolific scorer. But on the most important weekend of basketball for the Crimson, James quieted even the hardiest of disbelievers. With all his teammates struggling against league-leading Princeton, James took over in the second half, scoring 20 points in a remarkable eight-minute span and almost single-handedly beating the Tigers...