Word: wide
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...floor. As a work of architecture, the church boasts a 103-ft.-tall nave that is the loftiest example of Gothic architecture in Great Britain. More French by inspiration than any other English Gothic church, the Abbey has one feature that is missing in France's cathedrals-a wide viewing-gallery atop its first level. One reason: the Abbey is a royal church; extra room for viewing of royal ceremonies has always been at a premium...
Fans & Money. By last week, the wags were wide-eyed. Attendance in the A.F.L. this year is up 22% to 32,500 per game-18,000 fewer than the N.F.L., but perfectly respectable, considering that the A.F.L. has no ballparks to compare with Cleveland's Municipal Stadium (77,096). Another 10 million fans watch American League football on television every weekend -precisely the same number who tune in to National League games. With each A.F.L. club receiving $900,000 a year in TV revenue (v. $1,000,000 for the N.F.L.), the young league is holding...
...Backlands army units are reported to have executed thousands of Communists after interrogation in remote rural jails. Moslems, whose political influence had waned as the Communists gained favor with Sukarno, had begun a "holy war" in East Java against Indonesian Reds even before the abortive September coup. Armed with wide-bladed knives called parangs, Moslem bands crept at night into the homes of Communists, killing entire families and burying the bodies in shallow graves...
...Stimpson and Patricia O'Connor, associate dean of Admissions, made a nation-wide tour this fall, for the first time, telling guidance counselors about "the problems of admission to Radcliffe and the problems of numbers." They have stressed the stiffness of admission requirements--"what it takes to get in and be successful...
They point to projections that whites will continue to leave the cities in large numbers for at least another decade. And the conclusion--that the cities are growing less and less capable of desegregating their own schools--has won wide agreement here during the past few months...