Word: wideness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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During the trial her letters were offered in evidence and attained wide publicity. Subsequent to the trial they came into my possession and have been carefully preserved. They are notable in that they quite counteract the sordid impression which one apparently gains from the cinema, and show the real tragedy of Miss Brown's unfortunate position during the last few weeks of her life. I am always willing to show these letters to anyone in whom Mr. Dreiser's book or the cinema has aroused interest...
After conferences with welfare workers Generalissimo Gifford set Oct. 19-Nov. 25 for a nation-wide drive for relief funds (unofficial estimate: $175,000,000), to be locally raised and spent. Over his own A. T. & T. lines he enlisted State representatives to direct the cash campaign. Many a retired businessman volunteered to help. Plans and suggestions poured...
...With his eyes wide open to risks as extreme as any national leader ever yet ran in time of peace ... he staked his all, the leadership of his party, his whole career, his political life and associations dearer . . . than his personal life. We sav 'Thank...
Curiosity was too much for one guest, a wealthy garage keeper from Ajaccio. Like a cuckoo in a clock he flung wide his shutters, popped out his head, shrilly screamed for help. One pistol cracked. Ajaccio's cuckoo dropped with a bullet through the heart...
...Austrian water ski is made of a bamboo frame about 8 ft. long, 2½ ft. wide. The frame is filled with a tapered rubber bladder topped at the centre with a boot-like rubber cylinder. The walker's foot and leg fit into the cylinder up to the hip. Fastened to the underside of the frame are two hollow cones. The broad hollow ends are directed backward and provide sufficient hydrodynamic resistance to keep the skis from sliding backward between steps. The water-walker must exert much effort to keep his legs from going apart and from under...