Word: stretches
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Soviet press, it is BAM. But whatever it is called, the Soviet Baikal-Amur Mainline Railway is the biggest construction project under way anywhere in the world today. To tap directly into the varied resources of Siberia, the Soviets are laying track across a 1,965-mile stretch of wilderness running from the frontier town of Ust-Kut near Lake Baikal to an eastern terminus at Komsomolsk, 565 miles north of Vladivostok. By the time the last rail is laid in 1983, the cost of the project, now one-third cornplete after three years of work, may reach $15 billion...
...crux of the sit-in, which involved more than 600 students for an 87-hour stretch, was student outrage over the administration's tendency to make decisions with what students described as a "lack of regard for the opinions of the rest of the university community...
Meanwhile, the coaches who select All-Ivy hockey team have got to be as blind as some of the dates I've been on. While this was definitely not Harvard's year on the ice by any stretch of the garter belt, leaving the names of George Hughes and John Hynes off the All-League roster is like saying the floor at Father's Six isn't sticky on Thursday nights...
...comes roaring into the home stretch of what has been a very successful and competitive season. And after a disgusting start, the Boston Celtics are still in the playoff race in the Eastern Conference, though just barely...
...took a giant among tall men to spearhead the stretch drive, and junior playmaking wizard Glenn Fine did the job, leading the Ivies in assists while earning a second-team All-Ivy berth with tenacious (52 steals worth) play...