Word: extended
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...transfer of U. S. destroyers to Britain. "It is not difficult to see what the United States is aiming at," said Kokumin. "By leasing the British bases in the Atlantic, the United States is foreshadowing its future advance in the Pacific. . . . It is now believed that it will extend its grip on Singapore and The Netherlands Indies by speeding up the expansion of bases on Guam, Midway and other Pacific possessions. It is only natural that the Japanese Navy, with its policy of non-menace and nonaggression, should be greatly concerned over this undisguised challenge by the United States...
...Jewett Reflector is considered one of the three or four most important telescopes of the twenty-five in regular use at the Harvard Observatory, and in some ways, because of its unusual adaptability, the most important. It will greatly extend the survey of external galaxies in the northern hemisphere. Observatory officials believe that perhaps a million galaxies will be within its range...
Although it is heaviest in the fall, the intramural Freshman sport program extends throughout the year. In the winter Yardling dorms play each other in basketball, while in the spring softball is the major sport. Plans are now being considered to extend the program into other athletics...
...With time and experience it is hoped that the program's worth will be sufficiently demonstrated so that financial resources may be found to extend its scope greatly," President Conant said...
...There was even a report that the Germans were massing troops below Bordeaux for a land assault on the world's greatest fortress. This attack would come across Spain, which was less likely than ever to interfere, in view of Britain's plan announced last week to extend the blockade to all Spanish and Portuguese ports. Sir Clive's gravest concern was as to whether and when the Axis would get the use of Spain's huge German-built coastal guns over behind Algeciras and at Fort Hacho on the African shore...