Word: wide
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...their own true light. Coolidge the President, Coolidge the "strong silent man," of the White House, Coolidge the Sphinx become a critic of fashion! It doubtless took all of that sophisticated air so carefully nurtured in Old Nassau to keep the jaws of the three Princeton men from gaping wide when President Coolidge objected to the cut and width of their trousers...
...away in the wide open spaces of the sandy Sahara, lights went out, hotels were closed. The night descended, the watch-fires of the tribes grew bright and there was great joy in Moorish camps at the ignominious retreat of the infidel...
...service has been a huge one. Fortunately, the Company has enjoyed far-sighted management and excellent credit. As a result, the capitalization of the Company has been steadily increased through sales of its securities to the public. After a campaign designed to sell stock to telephone subscribers, such wide distribution of A. T. & T. shares has been obtained that the company's stockholders now number 300,000. This is the largest shareholders' list in the world; if all the company's share-partners lived in one city, the latter would rank 20th in population...
...charter issued to the Company, still preserved in London, presented it with about a third of modern Canada. During the next 200 years, the "Company of Merchant Adventurers of England trading into Hudson's Bay" conducted a government and operated trading posts over an area 1,000 miles wide by 3,000 miles long. The company's earliest business consisted in purchasing furs from the Indians, and selling them in Europe at large profits. Later, when Canada began to be settled, the Company took to selling parts of its enormous land holdings to colonists. In 1871 it surrendered...
...Pinkerton '27, Captain G. E. Kent Jr. '26, W. H. White '28, and F. D. Stranahan Jr. '26, are the University players who will make the trip. Pinkerton, who played a fast, wide-awake game as a substitute in the Cavalry game will start at number 1 in place of Stranahan, who will accompany the team as a substitute. W. H. White '28, a Freshman without much previous experience, who has played a steady game all season, has retained his place at number 2, and is expected to give the West Point riders a great deal of trouble...