Word: wide
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...difficulties of photographing musical comedies is that the camera's eye, when near enough to a chorus to show whether the girls are good looking or not, is only wide enough to take in five girls abreast. Another is that there is no adequate way of grading sounds so that the singing of the ensemble at the back of he stage will be less sonorous than that of the principals at the footlights. Another is that musical comedies depend for much of their effect on color, and color-production in cinemas has not yet been perfected even as well...
...unusually generous bequest of Mr. Charles H. Ditson to the muscle department puts at its disposal a relatively large annual income. The terms of the gift allow a wide range of usefulness for the money and will give an opportunity to the Music department for varying somewhat its present functions...
...real damage was done in the eighth when two disastrous errors by Hurwitz's teammates contributed largely to his downfall. Gilligan singled, Bassett walked, Dudley sacrificed them along a notch and Nugent jammed the bags by drawing four wide ones. McGrath smacked a single to right and the tying runs came in leaving men on first and third. It was here that the Rhode Island defense weakened and the game was lost and won. McKenzie, behind the bat, foolishly tried to catch McGrath as he went down and threw the ball into centerfield, Nugent scoring. And then to complete...
Popular recognition and public gratitude to the officials in charge of examinations has never been wide the very nature of the office prevents such a possibility. But there is a kind of silent regard in the breasts of all for the proctor who recognizes his grave responsibilities to his examinees, and above all does not giggle upon first looking at the papers which in a minute or two he will distribute among anxious hands...
...What is so terrible about it?" expostulates her mother. "The shore is wide enough for us to pass by her. . . . You are already jealous of Madame Grill. But, my dear Bella, your husband is after all not a man of that sort. . . . You are the Baroness von Buttlär and I am the widow of General von Palikow. Well, doesn't that mean that we are two fortresses to which people who don't belong to us have no entree? . . . We simply issue a decree?and Madame Grill ceases to exist...