Word: extent
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...will rise from these new sources of raw materials. So far, lack of transportation has held the flow of oil to a mere trickle, only 10,000 bbls. a day. But Jacobsen estimates that its productive capacity will reach 100,000 bbls. a day within five years. The full extent of the Williston Basin's reserves will not be known until thousands of square miles, as yet untouched, are drilled. Estimates of oil in the basin run from 500 million bbls.-and up-compared to reserves of more than 2 billion in the great East Texas field, the richest...
Explaining the Committee's new emphasis on educational institutions, Velde said "education is a field that has been largely untouched by investigation committees. Recent testimony has shown the extent of the Communist danger in the educational field, and what great inroads the Communists have made...
...month campaign for governor of Illinois in 1948. But, he added, "defeat is not a shot in the arm." As for his and his party's future: "I should hope very much that the Democratic Party will take a position of positive and intelligent opposition. To the extent that I can help make the party a useful instrument to the nation, I will be glad...
...test of a democracy," he said, "is the extent of citizen participation in it. The test of this government will be its ability to reflect the needs of the people by effective freedom of opportunity and initiative...
...professors in other basic science courses also have their problems with pre-med endorsements. Chemistry 1 depends to a great extent on reports filed by the applicant's lab man backed up, as in Biology 1, with a short student interview when he comes in to submit his application forms. Professor Rochow, however, ignores the forms issued by some medical schools in favor of a personal letter...