Word: spans
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Crimson was stymied for the remainder of the contest, but Harvard was not without opportunities. The Crimson failed to convert four successive corner penalty shots over a 35-second span from 10:10 to 9:35 in the second half...
...fact that much of this happened in the span of a few months makes it quite tempting to deem these troubles the signs of some larger problem in journalism. For conservative media critics, the answer is (surprise, surprise) the shortcomings of the liberal media: "Because of their institutional liberalism," Joseph Perkins writes of The New Republic and The Boston Globe, "it didn't occur to them...that their talented young liberal writers were producing fiction." Never mind the fact that Glass was more libertarian than liberal and that his fabrications targeted politicos of all stripes--even Perkins wouldn't want...
Over a 14 month time span, downloads from Lau'spage accounted for 12 percent of all datatransmitted over the server, drawing the ire ofnetwork administrators who said Lau was violatinga policy prohibiting commercial use of Harvard'snetwork...
...there are other things deserving of our attention. The news gods, from their perch high atop the CNN building in Atlanta, have been hurling down one "important" story after another--all in the name of calling our bluff about our desire to focus on what "really matters." In the span of about a month, they gave us: a new war on terrorism, Russia on the brink, a shaky stock market and even a historic race to topple our national pastime's most storied record...
...Chicago Cubs' Sammy Sosa--suddenly destined to cream the home-run record as if it were a pitiful little Rawlings sphere? And, dammit, with so little suspense! Since 1961, hot stovers have debated whether Maris' feat, in a 162-game season, truly equaled Ruth's in a 154-game span. But on Saturday, when McGwire pummeled his 60th homer against Cincinnati, his team was playing only its 141st game. Sosa had a just slightly less preposterous 58 dingers in 142 Cubs games. By the time you read this, one or both of these sluggers may have made...