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The human wreckage in this case is extraordinary, ... It spans everything from acquittal to conviction to death when you really think about it.

Jeffrey Miller

Dreams are, by definition, cursed with short life spans.

Candice Bergen

People's attention spans are getting short.

Craig Miner

We're all told that people are busy, and have short attention spans, and yet these stories are so marvelous, and really ought to be read.

Harold Evans

It spans a 10-year period from about, like, 1955 to about 1965, ... Women didn't receive the same kind of education. You weren't expected to have a job. Birth control was not legal until the early '60s.

Julianne Moore

It's not our fault our generation has short attention spans, Dad. We watch an appalling amount of TV.

Yeardley Smith

The freight forwarding and customs brokerage expertise of American Overseas will complement Schneider's existing transportation and logistics services offerings as we continue to expand globally. This acquisition is another key component in our strategy to build a comprehensive door-to-door global logistics operation that spans air, ocean, rail and truck transportation.

Tom Escott

One of the wonderful things about music is the way it spans all generations to bring fans together, whatever their age and background.

Mark Bennett

Sometimes, with the kids, their attention spans don't last that long, so we've got the video games, but even then there are TVs there.

Bruce Burns

The honest answer has to be that it's great music, but also the fact that it spans the whole range of Beethoven's language. It's the ultimate challenge, one of the ultimate rewards in music, as much for the listener as for the performer.

Paul Lewis

That in itself is the largest piece of delivering the message to the electorate. In today's world, folks' attention spans are shorter. They are awfully busy. So we reach out to them through the television in their living rooms.

Tim Shock

The life cycle of toys gets shorter and shorter as kids' attention spans get shorter and shorter.

Peter Caruso

These people are literally imprisoned in a second skeleton, ... It transforms muscles, tendons, ligaments -- connective tissues become sheathed in bone. It spans joints, locking them into place and rendering movement completely impossible.

Fred Kaplan

Her willingness and desire to help others more than spans a few years. It is simply her way of life.

Sue Brignac

It spans a series of years. I dug some stuff out of my personal archives. It goes back. I wanted to cover a period of time so they could see kind of an evolution.

Bruce Moore

Enterprise 9.0 - Compliance Edition spans both worlds. It enables our customers not only to meet their regulatory compliance and corporate governance requirements, but also enhance internal controls, implement best practices and improve business efficiency.

Bill Lyons

Body modification is a phenomenon that spans generations. We are looking at these issues through a cross-generational lens and we expect to have a large cross-generational audience. It is clear that people of all ages have a lot to teach--and learn from--one another.

Helene Moglen

They live out their life spans and die within three or four years. It's really the only humane way to handle it.

Penny Berk

Even now, we are having serious issues and complications [due to longer life spans], ... People have to recognize in the current situation, you just can't retire on Social Security at age 65 any longer.

Alfred Mann

The bottom line is, it's a holiday that spans budgets.

Karen Giberson

A cable-stayed bridge is the more economical option for these long spans.

Kevin Magee