Word: spans
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Japan's Akashi Kaikyo Bridge, above, which opens this week and will enter the record books as the world's longest suspension bridge, connecting Awaji island to the city of Kobe. In the works for a decade, the $7.7 billion project boasts a 6,532-ft. (1.2-mile) center span--measured as the distance between the two towers--dwarfing the 1,595-ft. Brooklyn Bridge. Each of the towers, taller than a 90-story building, is equipped with 20 vibration-control devices; if winds make the structure sway, pendulums tug the towers back. The bridge is designed to withstand earthquakes...
...does not yet know how much damage it has suffered from Groat's alleged spying. Investigators do not think it is as extensive as the havoc caused by CIA mole Aldrich Ames, who was convicted in 1994 of passing intelligence to Moscow over a nine-year span. But the agency's code-breaking capabilities are among its most guarded secrets, and Groat could face death if convicted. A nation hostile to the U.S. that learned of the penetration would quickly change its codes. "This also could be a huge embarrassment," said a CIA source, if the nation Groat leaked...
This is the second time in the span of a week Harvard has significantly realigned its endowment funds. Jonathon S. Jacobson resigned from HMC taking with him to his new investment firm $500 million in Harvard funds, making the University the firm's largest client...
Alpert says the controversy arises because pages can span the spectrum from being a work of art to focusing solely on content...
...effort to nudge recipients into the workforce, Massachusetts imposed a two-year limit onbenefits (within a five-year span), stricter thanfederal guidelines but not as harsh as the 12month maximum in Texas...