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transcontinental

tranzkon ti nen tuhl

  • s  spanning or crossing or on the farther side of a continent
    transcontinental railway
    transcontinental travelers
    a transcontinental city

  • Sue Tranter AFP Getty But that transcontinental migration is about to get even longer, thanks to global warming.
  • Over the bad lands of West Texas the Akron rode out storms which delayed her a day on her first transcontinental trip, but which demonstrated beyond doubt the ship's structural .
  • As commonly predicted, Postmaster General Walter Folger Brown last week awarded the central transcontinental airmail contract (PTI, Sept.
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  • Barack Obama in Christian Science Monitor
    I know there's some who believe we can only handle one challenge at a time,Obama said Tuesday in his remarks on education. "They forget that Lincoln helped lay down the transcontinental railroad and passed the Homestead Act and created the...
  • Gerald Grinstein in Bizjournals.com
    As Delta continues its transformation to become a more customer-focused airline, we are incorporating the best of Song into the best of Delta,said Gerald Grinstein, Delta CEO. "Our new Song service will set the standard in transcontinental...
  • Colin Barnett in WA Business News (subscription)
    Obviously the way to do that is to have a transcontinental pipeline constructed,Mr Barnett told reporters. "Pipelines basically are used from Siberia to Europe. They have criss-crossed the American continent for decades. Why in Australia...

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