Word: expand
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...question of whether the universe will expand indefinitely or shrink into one compressed point is still unresolved, George B. Field, Paine Professor of Practical Astronomy, said last night to a capacity crowd in Science Center...
...member Division I-A is still too large a group. "There are 75-80 schools who have more problems regarding major college football competition" than do the other schools in I-A, he said. Krause says that the NCAA, which now has three divisions, should, in effect, expand to four divisions to provide a more suitable alignment of schools for lawmaking purposes...
...spokesman for the Coca-Cola Co., defends the aggressive ads as normal competitive tactics. He contends that the judges used in the ads averaged "a dozen years of experience." Far from being cowed by the industry's outrage, Coke, relying on its vast distribution experience, is planning to expand production of Taylor California wines from half a million cases this year to 2 million...
Trouble is, Social Security does not add to the nation's savings, which might be lent out to build factories, expand old plants, allow new businesses to start and create wealth...
Like the swimming test Mrs. Widener demanded and the Polaroid camera shape of the Science Center, the steam tunnels are a part of Harvard legend. A cloudy mixture of fiction and fact, their dimensions expand with each prankster's tale and their history grows more fantastic. One story tells of a sly undergraduate who, dressed as a workman, avoided the winter snows by travelling to classes through the tunnels. During the 1969 occupation of University Hall, another rumor has it, Harvard administrators escaped invading protesters by fleeing through the underground passages. Once upon a time, the wrestling team jogged through...