Word: spans
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Grancio's performance against Princeton and Penn last weekend earned him his first-ever selection as Ivy League Player of the Week. Versus Princeton last Friday, Grancio scored 25 points, a career high--until he torched the Quakers for 26 the next day. Over the two-game span, Grancio had 11 rebounds and three assists, and made 16-of-17 free throws (94 percent...
Already such top-down TV powerhouses as MSNBC and ABC Online are testing it. C-SPAN is "Webcasting" gavel-to-gavel congressional coverage. Fox TV is using it for a two-week Net trial of its 24-hour news program...
While few will argue the reality of our nation's rapidly declining attention span, I find it harder to believe in modern science than in the children who have become its guinea pigs. Without making any clear diagnosis, it is clear that many of today's children have trouble interacting with peers and staying on task. These are not deliberately mischievous, and they are not in need of a chemical or genetic makeover. They are vibrant contributors to the playground and the snack table, and they are not the enemy...
Moreover, Rapp says, applications for the IOP's Washington internship program--which last year featured positions at C-SPAN and at the Commerce Department and which awards students grants of $2,500--are not due until near Spring Break...
...election who voted against the Republican welfare reform legislation. And he didn't do it quietly. The former Carleton College professor got up on the Senate floor in a tirade, shaming his colleagues and promising those in the chamber (and political junkies like me watching on C-SPAN) that re-elected or not, he would travel to the most depressed neighborhoods around the country to focus media attention on the needs of the poor...