Word: stretched
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...least nine aircraft and more than 300 people-was partly a matter of pacing. The three weeks it took for Britain's fleet to reach the islands was originally thought to be useful for diplomacy, and so it would have proved, had diplomacy worked. But that prolonged stretch of time also allowed a grand illusion to grow in the public mind-the idea that this war was going to be a cultural event, with the participating nations displaying the ceremonies of battle the way some birds display tail feathers, as rituals of violence minus the blood. For the spectators...
...spot for Harvard came at the end of the championships in the two-mile relay. Barrett led off the Crimson charge, eking out a small lead over Penn State's Munane, then Grace deFires took over and hung on. Herlihy, running third, passed Penn's competitor in the final stretch of her leg, and freshman All-American Jenny Stricker put the icing on the win, solidifying a new University record of 8:53 in the process...
...standings on page 62 of the Globe. You'll find there mired about eight games from the top--the Orioles and the Yankees. These are the two teams who have basically dominated the division for the past 15 years or so, who fought it out so dramatically down the stretch in the last real season of baseball...
...VERMIN HAVE INHERITED THE EARTH . So proclaims the spray-painted graffito on a truck sprawled by a desolate stretch of road in this low-budget Australian thriller. At first horrified glance, moviegoers may be convinced that the vermin have also inherited the movie industry. In The Road Warrior, cars crash, somersault, explode, get squashed under the wheels of semis. Skinless bug-eyed corpses hurtle toward the screen. A mangy dog sups at a coyote carcass. A deadly boomerang shears off fingertips, creases a man's skull. That's entertainment? As a series of isolated incidents, no; our nerve...
...Northeastern sprinters to take first, second and third, respectively. And in the 400, Jones and Midlo finished first and second across the line again when Jones grabbed the lead and Medlo came from way back to overtake Northeastern's Jeff Ward as they kicked coming down the stretch...