Word: wide
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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What could be more final than that? Nothing in the world, thought the open-mouthed Committee. That is, nothing could be more final for the moment. The Coolidge intention was clear enough. In the four months since the President first shut his door it had been pried wide again. Now he had shut it again. He chose not to lock it. He chose not to anticipate contingencies or to answer his own question: "Who could beat Al Smith if I didn...
...Washington, William Howard Taft bestowed a medal. Earnestly he spoke praises of the recipient: "May your future work go far to establish the dream nearest your heart, the wide and useful promotion of the subject of commercial aviation." Thus was the Langley Medal, aviation decoration of the Smithsonian Institution, presented to Col. Charles Augustus Lindbergh...
...decided advantages. It is the most effective and economical system for presenting basic facts, principles, and descriptive material to large classes. It also makes possible the covering of a large amount of ground in the minimum of time. For many institutions without research bureaus or special libraries containing a wide variety of source-material it is the only practical plan. The lecture text-book method, however, if used exclusively in government has certain advantages, especially for advanced students. It is not the most effective method for stimulating independent thinking, critical analysis of material, or through mental work on the part...
...addition will provide two new lecture rooms, exact duplicates of the lecture rooms in the present building. In addition it will contain the Dean's and Librarian's offices, and several Seminar Rooms. The new West Wing which will be 114 feet long and 58 feet wide, will have on the first floor a number of professor's rooms, cataloguing and periodical rooms...
...thousand essays have been submitted to the committee, and to enable all the writers to know the jury's decision, arrangements have been made for a nation wide broadcast of the announcement...