Word: broader
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...muddling politicians." Poking fun at the "Industrialists," Politician Lloyd George remarked that "Great Britain is the most overindustrialized country in the world. Only 7% of our people are on the soil! At present the industries of the country are a leaning tower. Statesmanship must give them a broader base upon the soil!" Winding up his speech with a twit at the higher tariff schemes with which so many British statesmen are now toying, both in England and overseas (see Canada), stanch free-trader Lloyd George concluded wittily: "A drowning man should not clutch at straws-or at sharks! No doubt...
...application is the same and a remedy is in order. Whether it be in the direction of departmental reorganization or that of closer tutorial supervision cannot here be discussed, but a system of preliminary examinations certainly does not fit in with the Administration's present policy of "broader education...
Presently the outraged outcasts were called in, one by one. The Colonel's smile was broader than ever as he faced the first one, empty handed. "Good afternoon," said he, politely, innocently. "What can I do for you this afternoon?" Vainly each man pleaded, reasoned, expostulated, protested ; begged to know why his paper was being excluded from this, the picture of pictures! Most vehement was the reporter from the Mirror, which had heralded the advance of Baby Lindbergh for some six months and had printed a large "artist's conception" of the mother & child on the birthday. To all questions...
...changing current of student expression. In recognizing this condition, the Phillips Brooks House has by no means fallen before the onslaught of a new college generation; rather it has anticipated the present state and so adapted itself as to turn the changing current of undergraduate opinion into a broader channel of religious service...
...advent of Professor Hind, an art critic of recognized authority, is awaited in the confident expectation that the high standards set by previous incumbents of the chair in their interpretation of poetry in its-stricter sense will be maintained in the consideration of poetry in its broader scope...