Word: wide
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...drowned as they scrambled toward higher land beyond. The collapse of the Stops Landing levee forced the abandonment of the town of Greenville, Miss., whose population of 15,000 had been increased by the arrival of 10,000 refugees. Hordes of Negroes clustered on the Greenville levee, 25 feet wide and three miles long. Steamers brought them tents, taking white people from the town hotels and taller houses...
...Veteran John H. Mayes was taught photo-engraving at the Veterans' Bureau. Studious, quick-learning, he soon was able to start a photo-engraving business of his own, in Murphysboro, 111. On pieces of specially prepared paper, seven and one-eighth inches long, three and one-eighth inches wide, he made minutely detailed engravings, including the arresting words: "This certificate is a legal tender in the amount thereof in payment of all debts and dues public and private. Acts of March 14, 1900, as amended...
...judged from the fact that whereas ordinarily the shore of the River is about four and a half miles from the Levee, the water had risen to such an extent that it was within four feet of the top of the Levee. This means that all over this wide space of ground the water was from ten to twenty feet deep over around which is ordinarily used for grazing purposes. North and South this situation exists for several hundred miles...
...environment is a factor of no less importance. I have not the slightest doubt but that America today is teeming with potential greatness, a goodly proportion of which will never come to fruition because of lack of opportunity. One of the soundest arguments of the Neo-Malthusians is that wide-spread opportunity can only be offered to developing manhood and womanhood in a nation unharassed by population difficulties. The second contention is simply false. It was disposed of by Havelock Ellis in a series of brilliant essays quite some time ago. And just recently Terman has shown that the thousand...
...surprising that the moving picture directors are now turning to the colleges for material. Although it seems to be comparatively easy for the "movies" to recruit its actresses, the men do not seem to flock to Hollywood in such great numbers. This present nation-wide campaign is an excellent step, and, in addition to any men they may find, they are sure of a great deal of very good advertising. They have proved the value of an education for movie actresses in their school at Hollywood, in which they have trained four of their leading performers, and they appear...