Word: wide
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...chivalry is not bounded by the ivy quadrangles of old England or the wide campuses of America. This was something that long needed saying, if only to give the lie to the "Constant Reader" whose form letter appears about twice a week in the local press, retelling the pathetic tale of the old lady with the black shawl who had to stand up in the subway all the way to Harvard Square...
Stocks. The stock market last week registered one of the most exciting periods in its history. Prices of time-tried shares, long leaders in what has become known as the Coolidge market, were slashed unmercifully by the short interests, marking a decline on the exchange that reflected the country-wide depression now being experienced in almost every avenue of trade. U. S. Steel common, General Motors, General Electric and N. Y. Central shares, known as financial bellwethers and representative of industrial, railway and utility activity, were unable to offer their usual resistance to the present economic disquiet and concluded...
Coolidge. President Coolidge last week announced after an analysis of country-wide scope that business and trade conditions of the U. S. were healthy. In the opinion of the President trade trends showed a continued advance. His statement caused a slight increase in prices on the stock market but for just one day. Wall Street, reasoning that the Chief Executive is usually optimistic, scrutinized his remarks with care. Some brokers questioned them. The loss in railway net receipt "is not great" was a contention of the President. The last available figures registered a decline of 11% which Wall Street considered...
...Senior-Cambridge Latin contest the schoolboys got off to a flying start in the first half and scored one touchdown, the try for point going wide. In the second half the Seniors came back and blocked a punt which C. R. Turney '28 turned into a touchdown...
...faults uncovered in the Dartmouth game will form a large part of the basis for the work during the next few days. The end play, notably deficient as a defense against wide, sweeping end runs such as those used by Marsters and Lane against the Crimson last Saturday, will no doubt come in for considerable attention, as will also the problem of working out a plan of secondary defense which will prove adequate against a passing attack and open running plays...