Word: vastness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Berbers, led by Chief Addi ou Bihi, who sided with exiled Sultan Mohammed ben Youssef. When Ben Youssef was restored to the throne in 1955 to become the first Sultan of Free Morocco, one of his first acts was to appoint Addi ou Bihi Governor of Tafilalet province, a vast domain between the Sahara desert and the Atlas mountains in southeast Morocco...
From the turn of the century until World War II cut off the supply of foreign riders, six-day grinds were a big-time sport with big-town sports. The races used to pack such vast arenas as Manhattan's Madison Square Garden, and the smoke-heavy air vibrated with cheers for Italy's Maurice Brocco, Belgium's Gerard Debaets or Australia's iron man, Reggie McNamara. Song pluggers used the occasions to intone their wares. Pickpockets, purse snatchers, coat grabbers and assorted Broadway hoodlums worked overtime all week. Such flashy spenders as Peggy Hopkins Joyce...
...commemorate her "vast contributions to the cause of fair play," Mildred ("Babe") Didrikson Zaharias received a posthumous award from the U.S. Golf Association: the Bobby Jones plaque for sportsmanship...
...genuine and far-reaching: "We recognize and accept our own deep involvement in the destiny of men everywhere. And beyond this general resolve, we are called to act a responsible role in the world's great concerns or conflicts-whether they touch upon the affairs of a vast region, the fate of an island in the Pacific, or the use of a canal in the Middle East...
...Rather than disband this organization with its vast experience, could it be used on some other front in the war against disease? Said O'Connor: "We've considered three alternatives. One would be to shut up shop. Quit. But I don't think the public would let us. Another would be to pick out another specific disease. But we hesitate to chop off a big hunk of disease. The third alternative would be to pick out a broader area of activity. Geriatrics and mental disease are the two biggest problems in the U.S., but the size...