Word: vastness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Western plan had sweep and imagination. It had been approved by all 15 NATO nations. The plan would create a vast armed belt across the middle of Europe of equal depth and equal strength, and give each side the right to inspect the other...
Most Wellesley girls deny that so much traveling makes their lives at all unnatural, although they do admit that there is a "vast difference" between weekdays and weekend existence. During the week they occupy themselves with studies and extracurricular activities. "It's a wonderfully friendly place here," one sophomore explained. "There's always plenty to do. The two days at the end of the week break up our normal routine...
Last week saw a revival of serious-as distinguished from sentimental or wishful-speculation that President Eisenhower might run again. The vast majority of politicians and observers still thought that he would not, and the medical prognosis was still the same. Most men who have coronary attacks can continue to do most jobs (see MEDICINE), but the medical profession has no previous experience with post-coronary Presidents of the U.S. Nevertheless, with Ike already transacting public business, it became possible to imagine a recovery that would keep him in the presidency for five more years...
...nations maintain intelligence services outside their frontiers. It is the difference in the vast Soviet espionage apparatus, not only in scale but in kind, that makes this book an impressive document in a new field of scholarship and an important study of the enemy...
Because of the vast increase in numbers of college applicants expected during the next 15 years, he explained, "secondary schools will be driven to place increased weight on quality of preparation and to produce better prepared students." He suggested four guides for secondary school improvement...