Word: widely
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...Harvard's age-old governing system, which cedes wide swaths of power to individual schools within the University and to departments within those schools, Faculty members have wide latitude in determining administrative action...
...stunned Crimson (11-14-2, 6-12-2 ECAC) offered no further resistance and freshman star Brandon Dietrich--wide open in the low slot--roofed an Al Fyfe feed to give St. Lawrence a 5-4 overtime victory. The Crimson never cleared the zone in overtime, and its defense did not improve much the next day, falling to Clarkson 5-1 at Cheel Arena...
...that point Greek Foreign Minister Theodoros Pangalos decided to extend "humanitarian assistance" to Ocalan. As a historic foe of Turkey, Greece had long supported the Kurdish cause, but shied away from giving the guerrilla leader refugee status. Pangalos hoped to muster a European Union-wide agreement to grant him political asylum. Ocalan and two aides were spirited to Athens on Jan. 29. Once there, Greece offered Ocalan only a bleak choice of destinations: Algeria, Morocco, Tunis or Libya. "We refused," fumes a Greek close to Ocalan. "What did they think Ocalan was, a cargo of contraband cigarettes...
Back to the stove, where it's time to make the dumplings, courtesy of Bisquick. Drop in a few frozen peas, and it's a balanced meal. As the credits roll, you see me dumping tiny bits of chicken and mashed-up peas on the high-chair tray. Pan wide to the girls, who haven't been served because they're still fighting over who gets the lime-green Tupperware bowl. Bon appetit...
...pages, anact which he called "exhilarating," and then aftera week-long anxiety attack, decided that this wasa story about "a world" and one that needed to betold in the first person. After six weeks ofwriting, Golden developed a voice that mixes thecleverness of a gifted woman with the wide-eyes ofchildhood and emerged with the character of NittaSayuri. He then set her in the detachedenvironment of an apartment in the Waldorf AstoriaHotel in New York 40 years after she had leftJapan, and her story unfolds...