'It can only go so far'

Colleges and Universities A-Z Naval Academy - Annapolis
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<p>Pressure builds as bridges are put to test in annual engineering competition</p>

<p>Published in the BS:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/annearundel/bal-ar.bridges06jun06,0,5853700.story?coll=bal-local-arundel%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/annearundel/bal-ar.bridges06jun06,0,5853700.story?coll=bal-local-arundel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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With a loud pop and crack, it took only seconds to destroy what had taken three Naval Academy seniors a year to build.</p>

<p>Yesterday, newly commissioned Ensign Kevin Meier loaded the trio's 2-foot-long bridge into a guillotine-like contraption as part of a nationwide competition for collegiate mechanical engineering students....

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