Word: extents
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...more or less, of man's prehistory from the time of his apelike ancestors, we can now confidently count on discovering his points of origin, the evolution of his physical self, the upgrowth of his cultures, the relative importance of independent invention or of diffusion, and the direction and extent of his movements over the globe." he said...
...this awakening is the result of the Munich pact and all it symbolizes, as doubtless to a large extent it is, then Munich was a blessing in disguise. But there is still one more hurdle for the President and the people to face: the traditionally isolationist United States Senate. During the next few months the issue will be clearly and dramatically posed through the new rearmament demands and proposed revision of the neutrality laws. Even while the President was speaking, destructive opposition was forming; one can almost hear the Congressional hand-organs beginning to grind out "entanglement," "George Washington...
...responsibility of poets, recognizes also its own journalistic responsibility to name poets poets, poetasters poetasters, and poeticules poeticules. For the poets' effort to make words make sense is an effort to make the thing on which all human communication-letter-writing, conversation, journalism, literature-ultimately depends. To the extent that poets fulfill their poet-hood they are making human communication more possible. To the extent that poets lapse into poetastiness or poeticulosity they are perverting or muddling human communication...
...order to recondition the basement room of Andover Hall for the cafeteria which is at present scheduled for opening January 5, and in order to buy necessary equipment, the cooperative has secured the promise of University aid to the extent of $5,500. This money would be repaid, without interest, over a period of five years. But as one condition of this loan, President Conant and Dean Sperry have both declared that Women, even as guests, cannot be allowed in the cafeteria...
...more closely knit economic system in the Western Hemisphere through investment of United States capital in South and Central America may be hindered to some extent by fear of direct or indirect expropriation of foreign property, Professor Haring believes, but thinks it is unlikely that many countries will follow Mexico's example in this matter...