Word: lengthening
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...complex 1980 agreement that grants it limited access to four strategic Omani air bases. These facilities serve as a supply and deployment base for the U.S. Central Command, formerly called the Rapid Deployment Force, should a crisis develop in the region. Washington has spent $256 million to lengthen runways, harden concrete aircraft hangars and install storage tanks capable of holding 1.1 million gal. of jet fuel at the bases. American C-141 and C-5A cargo planes routinely land at the Masirah Island base, off Oman's southeastern coast, dropping off supplies to be forwarded by helicopter to U.S. naval...
After the new measures are approved, the mood in al-Qahtani's interrogation booth changes dramatically. The interrogation sessions lengthen. The quizzing now starts at midnight, and when Detainee 063 dozes off, interrogators rouse him by dripping water on his head or playing Christina Aguilera music. According to the log, his handlers at one point perform a puppet show "satirizing the detainee's involvement with al-Qaeda." He is taken to a new interrogation booth, which is decorated with pictures of 9/11 victims, American flags and red lights. He has to stand for the playing of the U.S. national anthem...
...legislation to allow allocation of future revenues to large events such as concerts failed. The Constitutional change to lengthen the term of secretary and treasurer from one semester to a full year also passed...
...constitutional change to lengthen the term of the secretary and treasurer from a semester to a full year was met favorably. UC Secretary Matthew R. Greenfield ’08 said that the UC’s reaction was “positive,” but the outcome will not be known until next week when the vote closes...
...First, lengthen the nuclear fuse. Strengthen our conventional capability in Europe. Deter all the way up the line...