Word: spans
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...changes like hair loss and wrinkling, the lungs' capacity declines; joints start to wear out; bones, especially in postmenopausal women and older men, lose density and weaken; cholesterol levels begin angling upward; the walls of the heart thicken, reducing its ability to pump blood by 25% over the life-span; the eyes' pupils diminish, making it harder to see in dim light. And more serious things can sneak up. Around age 50, polyps in the lower intestine, precursors to colorectal cancer--the second leading cause of cancer death for men and women taken together--are more likely to appear. With...
...mistakenly posted on the wire service's web site. But neither the staffer nor Armey caught on. Armey went straight to Rep. Bob Stump of Arizona and asked him to announce Hope's death on the House floor. Reuters picked up the Stump speech -- broadcast live on C-SPAN -- and ABC reported the death of Hope in a special national news alert, complete with a package of clips and performances...
With the loss to the Elis fresh in its memory, the Crimson embarked on a three-game stretch versus top-15 opponents in a five-day span that would test the team's true abilities. Harvard followed a respectable 1-1 tie with then-No. 11 George Mason by convincingly defeating the No. 14 Maryland Terrapins...
DENVER--Bill Guerin, Dean McAmmond and Boris Mironov scored in a span of 3:49 late in the game, rallying the Edmonton Oilers to a 3-2 victory over Colorado in the opening game last night of their first-round playoff series...
While most smokers are either planning to quit or in the process of quitting (a process that frequently seems to span several years), some would just prefer to reduce the amount they smoke now, especially when their health is in jeopardy. Ethan M. Goldberg '99 says, "I thought about quitting when I got a cold. I don't really want to quit though, but I would like to limit it to social situations. Besides, when I smoke less, I enjoy each cigarette more." Maissa Boulos '01, a former smoker, says "I haven't had a cigarette in 14 days...