Word: spans
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...said the documents are the most sensitive information ever made public by the agency. The 494 pages of files released thus far span three decades of National Intelligence Estimates (NIE), from...
Curator Timothy A. Burgard has chosen 90 pieces from the University's 20,000-pieces American collection for this inaugural exhibition of the Art Museums' Luce Foundation American art program. Divided into seven "thematic" sections, the objects span seven centuries and five continents in origin. A few are masterpieces capable of carrying a show on their own; others are included solely for the theoretical questions they raise...
...accept the need for delaying gratification in order to effect change. The term system has great strengths and weaknesses; it keeps the government from becoming entrenched and tyrannical, but it also makes long-term planning difficult and leaves such ideas at the whim of voters. With our MTV attention span of roughly 15 seconds, we cannot stand a politician who cannot immediately rectify any situation, nor can we make short-term sacrifices for long-term gain. For instance, we refuse to accept years or even decades of higher taxes as necessary in order to solve social and economic problems...
...story goes, the 54-year-old former economics professor entered politics after watching C-Span one night and remarking to his wife, "Honey, these people sound like a bunch of darn fools." "Yeah," she replied. "You could do that." After winning his suburban Dallas district in an upset, he proved her right by spending his debut months in Washington dramatizing his frugality by camping on a cot in the House gymnasium. Evicted by then Speaker Tip O'Neill, he reluctantly retreated to a sofa in his office and later to a house in Maryland...
...shot attempts, 22 shots on goal, six breakaways and two-on-ones and 16 blasts from within the hash marks at Tripp Tracy and Steve Hermsdorf in the 20-minute span...