Word: stretch
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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According to legend, Procrustes used his bed to measure passers-by and would cut off the body parts of those who were too big for his bed or stretch the bodies of those who were too small to fit the dimensions exactly...
Wharton's memories of Cambridge stretch beyond extracurricular activities. He stresses the importance of "the interaction with individuals [with whom], over the years,...[I] maintained relations and contacts in a variety of different fields...
Forst was gunned down trying to stretch his two-bagger into a triple, but the way Jamieson pitched, two runs was all the Crimson would need. The hard-throwing sophomore yielded just one unearned run in nine innings, mowing down nine straight Cadets at one point...
...Miami on a Saturday, Austin on Sunday, Minneapolis the following Thursday, Chicago on Friday, Cincinnati on Tuesday and Phoenix the next Saturday. He has breezily chatted up hosts on morning talk shows, shared his thoughts on evening-newsmagazine shows and kept studio audiences captivated for 90 minutes at a stretch discussing nothing more dramatic than antioxidants, ginseng and the value of regular exercise. Weil's crinkly smile, easy manner and Father Christmas beard certainly help. But what really sells Andrew Weil is the good-health message he comes bearing; and what's most remarkable about that message is just...
...becomes a sought-after mystic after moving to America. But to call this a ghost story is to miss the point: Comfort Woman is really about pain, the kind that haunts and is handed down, like old, sad clothes. Writes Akiko: "I knew what it felt like to stretch open for many men ... about pain sharp enough to cut your body from your mind." Although Keller's prose, at a few points, has more ambition than lyricism, overall this is a sturdy, eloquent book...