Word: scopes
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Elements of Mossadegh's own National Front party are split over the speed and scope of his actions and their own individual ambitions. They employ a strong group of thugs "who start riots and protect the Premier" but their lack of discipline makes them dangerous. "No one controls the army," Frye added. "It has gone...
...King thought that Admiral Spruance was absolutely right in refusing to be drawn away from Saipan in the Battle of the Philippine Sea, even if (though King does not say this) the decision reduced the scope of his victory...
...practice field, the scope of Maras' duties have been extended so that he coaches the entire defensive line, as well as the ends. Maras (pronounced with the emphasis on the first syllable) is particularly suited for this job. In the course of four seasons at Duquesne and two-and-a-half years in the National Football League, he played end, tackle, and center...
...novel, the first volume of a trilogy about World War II, Waugh broadens and deepens the scope of this experiment. Reading Men at Arms is like hearing a full keyboard used by a pianist who has hitherto confined himself to a single octave. Waugh is fully alive to the fact that no modern war is just a soldier's war. The drawing rooms, kitchens and clubs of the home front interest him just as much as the barracks and the tents. Furthermore, his interest in the battles is tightly linked with his interest in the cause for which they...
...adding still more, including full-color reproductions of paintings, a two-page condensation of a bestseller, two pages of personality photographs, extra text-pieces each week by the Trib's own staffers or free lancers. Herzberg is also revamping the news sections of the Sunday Trib, widening the scope of the news-review section to "cover situations rather than incidents," giving the Book Review a new cover and better typography, sprucing up the entertainment section...