Word: stretch
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Somehow the mud had to be drained and the particular stretch of road leveled and then covered with a packed layer of sand. We worked with some of the families concerned and suggested that they petition the city for a small bulldozer which could work in the narrow streets. The city didn't have...
...blew a mean clarinet- and all the cash he could get his hands on. He had improvidently wed a gifted but relatively impecunious pianist who promptly presented him with a son. At three, Ferruccio was playing scales. At six, he was forced to practice four hours at a stretch by a father determined to produce a moneymaking prodigy. At seven, he made his debut in Trieste, and for the rest of his life, with brief intermissions, he was chained to the concert circuit like a monkey to a street organ. Father had expensive tastes, and Ferruccio, seeking frantic compensations...
...project will probably not be completed for 18 to 24 months. It calls for the construction of a 400 ft. underpass that will stretch from the front of Memorial Hall to the front of Littauer. The construction of the underpass will permit the closing of part of Kirkland St. behind Mem Hall and the creation of a continuous mall from the Yard to the Law School...
This was the situation, at least, in Europe. In Asia we hoped to reach a similar implicit understanding with China: no big wars, and a firm division of territory. But in trying to stretch our model of the international system into Asia, Oglesby argues, we exposed some of its most inhuman possibilities. The principles which gave Western Europe a benevolent heaven of Marshall aid yielded in Asia a napalm-filled bell...
...Crimson was leading 13-12 after five minutes had elapsed when Cornell shifted to its press. Harvard started committing a rash of ball-handling errors and Cornell quickly pulled in front. The Crimson then suffered through a seven-minute stretch without scoring a point, and Cornell moved to a commanding 53-40 half-time lead. Harvard was never in serious contention after that...