Word: broader
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...welded the rest of the Fatherland around them as the German Empire. They struck the national keynote with Prussian kultur. Prussia today is more than ever the dynamic centre of the Reich. Recently the drastic activities of Prussian Premier Göring have eclipsed German Chancellor Hitler's broader but less intense efforts to "coordinate" the whole Reich. Last week Widower Göring was pushing to completion a breathtakingly bold series of experiments in Prussian government...
...ever have I seen the gates all open during the day-time. Of course, at night there is an excuse and all except a few of the gates must be kept closed so that all entrances can be adequately watched by the plain-clothes men, but in the broader light of day there is no reason why the battallion of janitors who foregather in the basement of Harvard Hall should not shoulder their rusty keys and throw wide all the gates. The portals that are now life unlocked usually have one gate sadly ajar, making it necessary to wedge...
...Passed a railroad emergency bill providing for: 1) a Federal coordinator to compel operating economies and eliminate duplicate service; 2) a broader rate-making basis for Interstate Commerce Commission; 3) I. C. C. control of railroad holding companies; 4) repeal of the recapture-of-excess-profits clause; sent the bill to the House...
...uniforms, hammering at rocks or partly fossilized among their dried bones and museum specimens, this is one of the most stimulating of the sciences. It teaches one to think in terms of great stretches of space and time and even the minutiae of the science lead directly to its broader and more general conclusions. The origin and ages of mountains, the reasons for volcanoes, glaciers, ocean basins and continental masses can hardly be called picayune material of interest only to the specialist...
...Post Office Department which has refused to take action on the grounds that the agencies actually did not promise to accomplish more than they did-i. e., print the absurd drivel sent them. However, reputable agents are currently trying to arouse action by the Federal Trade Commission which has broader powers. Author & Journalist pointed out the adroit wording of the publishers' provocative letters to Lottie, also called attention to the major catch in the publishers' schemes: In no case was Lottie told just how many copies of The Missing Twin were to be issued. In the cases which...