Word: wide
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Strong v. Tincher. In the lobby of the House two beefy Republicans from Kansas swung lustily, swung wide. "You'll not talk that way to me," bellowed Representative James G. Strong of Blue Rapids, weighing 225 pounds...
...Edwin Wide, great Swedish runner at present in the United States, will run in the Harvard Stadium on the afternoon of Saturday, May 7, if the Swedish A. A. U. signifies its approval...
...Wide is at present the holder of the world record at the outdoor two-mile run, his time being 9 minutes 1 and two-fifths seconds. If he runs here on May 7, he will make the third deliberate assault upon a record in recent years. "Jole" Ray and Paavo Nurmi made gallant attempts to lower the world's mile mark in 1923 and 1925. Both covered the distance in 4 minutes 15 seconds. Since Nurmi returned to his Scandinavian home, Wide has defeated the "Flying Finn". Last night the great Swedish runner failed by 20 seconds to lower...
...triumph that she has accomplished this largely within the speeches of of the characters themselves, and has not resorted to tedious obiter dicta. Futhermore, she has decorated their halting or dissembling utterances with the impressionistic detail that filled their minds at the time,--the flowers on the table, a wide sweep of countryside, the pattern of a garden path, the set of a face; and by taking appropriate moments to repeat or contrast these details has created a series of intimate pictures and a minor symbolism running throughout the book. At their highest, the pictures do justice to the emotional...
...three brothers of the Emperor, emerged from the Imperial Palace in their red and gold motors. All electricity was shut off, and in the gathering dusk thousands of lanterns winked and iron braziers flared along the funeral way. The hearse, 23 ft. long, 12 ft. high and 12 ft. wide rumbled forth, drawn by oxen, and emitting from its wooden wheel-hubs four differently pitched notes: "the sacred mournful sounds." When the great funeral pavilion was reached, the body was placed upon an altar and the Emperor bowed low before it. Picking up a branch of evergreen he placed...