Word: extent
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...President said he had been very much struck by the extent of German destruction in the Crimea, and therefore he was more bloodthirsty in regard to the Germans than he had been a year ago. And he hoped that Marshal Stalin would again propose a toast to the execution of 50,000 officers of the German army...
Strangely surprised by the extent of the altitude poisoning, coaches and trainers stood about in helpless confusion while distance runners ran out of gas, staggered into the infield talking to themselves, their eyes rolling above contorted faces. Eventually, a safe supply of oxygen bottles appeared, and U.S. officials began to mutter that next time their team ought to be at the games site early enough to get accustomed to the altitude. (Next time, 1959, the games will probably be in Cleveland. Altitude...
...action continues a policy formulated in 1953 when the University rejected the NCAA program on the grounds that it restricted Harvard's right to decide independently when and to what extent it will televise sports...
...will be reached until after a vote by the Faculty Committee on Athletics. That is the case at Princeton and Yale. Two years ago, both Harvard and Yale rejected the NCAA program on the grounds that it restricted the University's right to decide independently when and to what extent it will televise sports...
...conciliated the native population. There is no guarantee, however, that these inductees, who will form an increasingly larger part of the army as the nationalists grow older, will fight willingly. Nor is there any certainty that the Formosans will accept another Nationalist Chinese ruler, once Chiang dies. But the extent to which Chiang can continue his reforms and bring Formosans into his government will largely determine the outcome of these issues...