Word: stretched
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...factor that has stymied investigators is the transient status of most of the victims. Many had few family ties; many were last seen alive hustling on the Sea-Tac strip, a three-mile stretch near the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Cindy Anne Smith, for example, was, according to authorities, a runaway at 13 who sometimes supported herself as a topless dancer. Another victim, 15-year-old Carrie Ann Rois, was a streetwalker for three months before she disappeared...
...commotion was stirred by the annual sale taking place at the two new American outlets of IKEA, the Scandinavian retailer of unassembled furniture and other household goods. While most Americans have never heard of IKEA, the chain had $1.7 billion in sales last year at 76 stores that stretch from Norway to Australia. Already one of the fastest-growing merchants in Europe, where 51 of its stores are located, IKEA is now successfully bringing its pizzazz and promotion to the U.S. The company put a store in suburban Philadelphia two years ago and followed with the Dale City outlet...
...walking down JFK St. away from the Square, and as I approached Urban Outfitters a woman in a bright green outfit crossed the street. For a moment I thought that one of those blow-up Gumby figures had come to life. That night, during the seventh-inning stretch at Fenway, I looked out to the right grandstand and saw a bunch of people tossing one of those same plastic Gumbys around...
...Some drivers try to fight the sentence. Take Jeff Seibert, an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Miami School of Medicine, who finds that his 25-minute ride to work, which includes the unpredictable Dolphin Expressway, can stretch into an hour and 15 minutes. "When the radio traffic announcer advises to stay clear of a certain area, I drive right to that point," he says, figuring that the warning has cleared the congestion by dispersing most commuters onto different routes. Others, like Kathi Douglas, a recent graduate of Spelman College in Atlanta, undergo an attitude change...
...possible to transform an auto into a slow-rolling "home away from home." Larry Schreiner, a free-lance reporter for a Chicago radio station and several local TV stations, often lives and works in his Mercedes 560 SEL. "I have everything I need," says Schreiner, whose longest continuous stretch on wheels was 36 hours. His office supplies include five two-way radios, two cellular phones, one headset (so he can talk on radio shows while working on videotapes), two video cameras and three video recorders. That's not all. In the trunk Schreiner keeps batteries, lighting equipment, three still cameras...