Word: wide
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...college, Mr. Black said, Barrie was a great favorite with his classmates, but much as he was beloved by them for his manly and beautiful character, few of them ever imagined that he was soon to acquire a world wide reputation as an author. He was a quiet fellow and good at his studies. After leaving college he went into journalism from which he finally branched off as an author. In 1889 he published his best known work, "A Window in Thrums," and in 1892, "A Little Minister," and this last named book is the last work that Barrie...
...last few years the reputation of the school has spread greatly, as is shown by the fact that for the first time in its history two Harvard graduates are studying there for the degree of S. D. It is desired that this reputation should in future become still more wide-spread...
...debating societies. One question would be discussed each month, the remaining meetings of the different societies being disposed of as they should severally see fit. By such a simultaneous discussion a great demand for information would be created, and, if the topics were of questions of the day, wide-spread public interest would be aroused. This fact, leading publications in the country fully realize. The North American Review stands ready to give space for an article on both sides of the questions each month. The Arena and Public Opinion are also ready to take hold of the matter...
...society in the past has sent many emigrants from the southern states to Liberia, and there is at present such a wide-spread interest among the Negroes in colonization that the society is trying to gain friends who will aid in transporting those who wish to become citizens of the republic on the west coast of Africa...
...Yale 'varsity crew has ordered a new paper shell from Waters. It will be sixty feet long and twenty inches wide-similar to the boat in which the eight rowed last year...