Word: stretch
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...They had planned on her moving to Denmark to take advantage of a government program designed to draw much needed doctors. But last July, Minikel was promoted at her U.S. hospital to the coveted post of residency director. So in October, Balle will visit for five weeks--the longest stretch they've ever spent together. She hopes he'll eventually move to the Bay Area. For now, they're keeping their passports handy...
...last thing they need is more work. There were 73,202 accidents on the roads of Greater São Paulo last year and 1,487 fatalities. The situation is exacerbated when emergency vehicles get tangled in backups that can stretch for 100 miles (160 km) at rush hour. The congestion is so bad that the city forbids 1 in 5 cars, depending on license-plate number, from leaving home at peak travel times each day. But the streets are still a mess. "Ambulances often simply can't get through," says Carlos Eid, a doctor with the Brazilian Association...
...stretch of the imagination, says Stephen Hawking. "The universe seems to have been selected from a large class of possible universes by the fact that it contains intelligent beings who can ask the question: What is the universe like?," he told TIME. "The universe is not indifferent to our existence - it depends...
...women’s volleyball team has emerged from a turbulent opening stretch of the season undaunted, with an eager eye set on the beginning of Ivy League play...
...class of 2011, Mikaelle Comrie has already seen game action, and Weiss predicts that her athleticism could be crucial down the stretch...