Word: stretch
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...food are as far from the dry rumblings of Weltgeist and Historismus as one can get. Grass keeps it that way for more than 500 pages with dozens of lusty characters and bawdy episodes that stretch from the Neolithic to now. He also lards his narrative with mock-epic poetry...
...truth is stranger than tunnel stories. Two-and-one-quarter miles of tunnels house the steam pipes that heat Harvard. They stretch from the Cambridge Electric Co. plant on Western Ave., Soldiers Field, to the Law School and the science labs. Buried in the depths of each House, and numerous Yard, Business School, laboratory, athletic and Law School buildings, is anentrance to this bizarre network. But the doors that guard these entrances are so well hidden that few undergraduates have ever seen the mysterious passageways...
...defined. In the cheaper section, seats will usually all be filled, drink and food service will be last and the menu may be more limited. Whatever empty seats there are will all be in the full-fare section so that passengers there can spread out their possessions or stretch out for a nap. On transatlantic flights full-fare passengers will also get an unlimited number of free drinks, as well as free movie headsets. Other airlines are courting these bread-and-butter customers in different ways. Some are trying to attract more of them into first class by cutting...
...every spring all the fans in Boston stand in lines that stretch sometimes for blocks. They needle through thickening mobs of vendors, salesmen, religious prophets, politicians and pushers which gather around Fenway Park like bees to a hive...
...World Series and five pennants in their history. They are always flawed, never quite able to transcend the whims of fate and injury. Despite their competence, they have arguments, make stupid business deals and stupid strategical decisions. They have been accused of racism, choking and mediocrity down the stretch. But every year the fans keep coming...