Word: wideness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Although more than one-third of the jobs secured were in New England, the geographical distribution was over a wide area, with more than 12 percent of the positions being found in the far west. Another 12 percent took work in Boston and vicinity, and ten percent went to New York and New Jersey. The middle west placed more that one-four of the teachers, but the south took somewhat under ten percent of the applicants
...awarded the medal of the Regatta Circuit Riders' Club for having done most for motorboating. Racer Hoyt has a reputation among his opponents as a daring driver, a "grand sport." His mechanic says: "There are only two positions on his throttle: tight closed and wide open...
Uptown New York (World Wide) is in a quieter vein than Central Park (see above), a three-cornered Bronx romance about a blonde Patricia (Shirley Grey) who marries a chewing gum salesman (Jack Oakie) after she has had a love affair with a successful surgeon (Leon Waycoff). The time comes when, to save Patricia's life after an accident, it is necessary for the surgeon to operate on her. Eddie, her husband, decides that after all Patricia likes the surgeon best; to facilitate her leaving him, he absents himself from home. When Patricia guesses what he has done...
...explorer named Collier was pitching his tent in northern Rhodesia. Down a wide lane through the forest he spied a roan antelope, shot it. U. S. copper producers wish he had dropped a rabbit instead. For in its death struggle the antelope kicked up the ground, revealed that the forest lane was caused by a rich vein of copper ore, 200 ft. wide, 10 mi. long, 3,000 ft. deep at the centre. Now owner of the vein is Roan Antelope Copper Mines, Ltd. Six years ago Roan had not been formed. Two years ago it was not producing commercially...
...year, but in return we received $52,964.94 from guarantees. The H.A.A. News cost $42,472.95, but from advertising and circulation we received $53,673.88. The training table cost $19,490.55, and the boys eating at the training table paid $17,716.90. It is obvious that there is a wide distinction between money paid out and actual expenses...