Word: wideness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Augur's reputation for omniscience rests on his twelve-year record as the London Times's diplomatic correspondent, his standing with the Italian Embassy, his wide acquaintance in Europe's capitals, and a series of scoops that began when he published the substance of the Locarno Treaties before they were released. He was first to report the Anglo-Italian Treaty in 1938, first to announce Anthony Eden's resignation last year. So rarely do prophecies turn out right that these triumphs overshadowed notable Augur misses. But in 1932 he observed that Poland would soon achieve...
Last week Premier Edouard Daladier struck terror into the hearts of foreign-subsidized journalists of both Left and Right. Using his wide decree powers, the Premier's Government published a law which: 1) prohibited defamation or slander promoting hatred "against any group of persons belonging to any particular race or religion"-i.e., against the Jews, a specialty of the Reich-subsidized press; 2) made it unlawful to receive from foreign countries funds for "antinational propaganda"; 3) provided that any funds received for publicity campaigns, directly or indirectly, must be reported in eight days...
...long letdown. Moskva finally broke out over a small island. For 45 minutes, wide-mouthed Gordienko circled, looking for a good field. There was none. As night fell he took the best he could find. With wheels up, Moskva porpoised off a knoll, slammed down on her belly just beyond. Kokkinaki came to as the ship shuddered to a stop...
When they reached the first of the three roller-coaster Newton hills, Tarzan decided to climb the hill as fast as he could. Opening his mouth wide for a minute he let the raindrops trickle in. Then, refreshed, he streaked up the hill like a supercharged racing car. From then on, it was a lonely...
...turnover. Much new archive material documents this competent appraisal of an unheroic fat man trying to keep his head in a high historical wind. Inescapable is the conclusion that the bolshevik bourgeois and proletarians of 1793 "liquidated" the one French king who was more bourgeois than Bourbon, with a wide stripe in him of poor but honest artisan...