Word: stretch
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...great petroleum reserves of Alaska are slowly but inexorably drying up, along with the profits of the oil companies that operate there. Meanwhile, 30-year-old pipelines that stretch like a giant cobweb over the oil fields of the North Slope, a flat expanse between the majestic Brooks Range mountains and the Arctic shore, need more and costlier maintenance than ever. The new spill puts into sharp relief the same question that has stalemated the ANWR debate since the 1980s: Can oil companies focused on their bottom line be trusted to protect Alaska's fragile environment...
...corrosion-management spending 16% from 2004 to 2005 to meet these challenges. But an alarming Department of Transportation document obtained by the Anchorage Daily News raises questions about BP's diligence in inspecting its pipelines, pointing to no fewer than six other anomalies found on the same 10-mile stretch of pipeline, including a spot where the pipe had corroded so badly it was less than 0.04 in. thick...
...that is buddy-buddy enough with the Radcliffe Union of Students (RUS).This is all to say that the current conception of a women’s center is neither illogical nor offensive. Calling it a “women’s” center may be a stretch, as the idea is championed by a small minority of women at Harvard. But if it makes the aforementioned RUS members happy, then so be it. Here’s where Chadbourne’s clarification comes in. The real issue is location, location, location. He wrote...
Harvard has scored 24 goals and allowed only seven in the trio of postseason victories that led to Saturday night’s Whitelaw Trophy celebration. During that stretch, the Crimson went 10-for-22 on the power play and allowed two goals in 18 chances...
...They?re afraid that a tough measure [will provoke] Iran into an irrational reaction" that would spur the West to demand global economic sanctions," says the U.S. official. The Russians, he says, "are not ready for sanctions. They want to buy time, stretch the process out." But no one is making it easy on them. In addition to Rice's entreaty, U.S. Ambassasdor to Russia William Burns paid a call Tuesday on Lavrov, and, according to the Interfax News Agency, French foreign minister Philippe Douste-Blazy also telephoned...