Word: width
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Nemencha battle was the longest battle of the Algerian war to date. From the rebellion's beginnings in the Constantine department 18 months ago, it has spread the length and width of Algeria. Last week French authorities announced the estimated casualties to date: 3,724 jellaghas killed, 2,000 captured. French losses: 672 soldiers and policemen killed, approximately the same number missing and presumed dead. Some 1,300 civilians have also died in terrorist attacks or reprisal killings. Reporters on the spot insist that there have been many more deaths than official sources chose to report-chiefly uncounted Moslems...
Because of the width and variety of Fogg's obligations, Coolidge says--using a clause he would love to find true--"if money were no issue, there would be a startling difference in the quality and quantity, but not the range" of the Museum's activities. He has some interesting theories on new activities but is afraid of overextending himself and his staff when there is so much that might be done to fulfill the demands of the divergent pulls on Fogg...
...manipulating the appropriate controls located beside the actual keyboard, the Photon operator can pre-set the width of the column and the style and size of the type. Then he can start touch-typing on the keyboard. When he reaches the minimum number of spaces to fill out the desired width, a bell will ring. Another bell will ring upon reaching the maximum number of characters for one line. When this point has been reached, the machine will lock automatically...
...instead of plastic, he uses a glass lens. Only 5 mm. in diameter, the circular lens has wings (Schreck calls them "bridges") that give it an overall width of 11½ to 13½ mm., according to the size of the eyeball. The wings fit into the angles where the iris is attached, and hold the lens steady so that it can never fall back into the eyeball...
...feet or less wide, curb to curb. On many of these, parking on both sides and two-way traffic is permitted. The average car is six feet three inches wide, and, parked within one foot of the curb, leaves less than thirteen feet for two cars whose width totals twelve and one half feet to pass...