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Word: wide (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have studied the Harvard catalog, and I agree that under the heading of the Core Curriculum we find an agglomeration of courses, many of them obviously meaty and important, taught by eminent scholars, on a wide variety of subjects," Bennett says...

Author: By David S. Hilzenrath, | Title: Bennett: Harvard Epitomizes Failures in Higher Education | 10/10/1986 | See Source »

...changes, which lower height limits on new buildings and increase allowable residential densities in some areas while cutting back on commercial densities, were developed over the course of three years with the involvement of wide variety of groups and individuals...

Author: By Gawain Kripke, | Title: Mass. Avenue Rezoned by City | 10/7/1986 | See Source »

Then, late in the third quarter, a Harvard drive gave Maretz an opportunity for another 42-yarder--but this one, with the wind, was blown wide...

Author: By Jonathan Putnam, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Virginia Reeling | 10/7/1986 | See Source »

...From a wide alleyway where six colts and a mule have withstood an early downpour, Jay, a lanky cowboy from northern Wyoming, turns a wild-eyed sorrel horse into the corral where Ray is waiting on his gray mare. The colt's body is rigid, and he lets out the kind of snorts that make a cowboy take a deep seat on frosty mornings. "A horse has a mind," Rays says, watching the colt. "He gets scared and bold, sure and unsure, sick and well. He says, 'Maybe. I don't know. All right . . .' and too often...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Wyoming: Horse and Rider Learn Together | 10/6/1986 | See Source »

...fact is that no wide social community exists, no village of common thought, in which personal freedom may be judged, guided and made valuable. That is not true of political freedom. Throughout last July's Liberty Weekend, Americans trumpeted their personal freedoms from every stage, mainly because those freedoms have contributed to making a fruitful collective entity, a country. It may be argued that the most important purpose of political freedom is to tend toward community, since individual freedom allows one to grow toward an appreciation of others, a sense of common tragedy and the exercise of generosity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Freedom of the Damned | 10/6/1986 | See Source »

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