Word: width
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...human nature to anthropomorphize other life forms, even though they are only 200 nanometers wide. That is the width of newly discovered microbes that may be the smallest form of cellular life, according to a story in the New York Times this week. In "drainage water as caustic as battery acid," these hard-ass teeny-weenies have the flair to form "a pink scum on green pools...
...Width of a storm-equivaIent to two-thirds of the Earth's diameter-detected on the planet Saturn by a NASA spacecraft 550 km/h Speed of winds circling the storm's immense...
...report said the visibility at the time of the crash was not good, since the heavy cloud layer sat at about 2,000 feet. That meant Lidle's plane had to stay within a relatively narrow range of movement - within the width of the East River, not too high and certainly not too low. All while Lidle and his instructor were apparently trying to peer through the clouds to see the sights of New York before they headed on their cross-country trip to California. If not exactly a recipe for trouble, there wasn't much of a safety cushion...
...really want to know if it’s okay to wear a short skirt over pants, if the pants are not tights, but regular jeans or normal width...
...almost fallen off a couple of times already, and I’ve only been here one night.” But some students praised the increased thickness of the new mattresses. “The mattresses are really comfortable so that makes me care less about the width,” said Veronica T. Golin ’07. About a dozen students have already e-mailed CurrierWire—Currier’s e-mail open list—looking for an additional mattress or a larger replacement. “People are definitely more desperate for double...