Word: wideness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Seven columns wide the mammoth headline WILL GERMANY GO BANKRUPT stared London in the face one day last week. It spread across the entire front page of the MacDonald Government's party organ the Daily Herald. Paradoxically this super-scarehead was a friendly gesture. Silver-haired, silver-tongued Scot MacDonald was welcoming that day the first German Chancellor to set foot in England since the War: Dr. Heinrich Brüning, a young clean shaven statesman of but 46, a Catholic of stern fiber who won the Iron Cross fighting für Kaiser und für Vaterland...
...view that other nations are taking also oppose any leanings which the President may have as a result of his wide experience in business. They claim that the burden which Germany is suffering in largely due to the money that is passing from her across the ocean. This view seems to be the result of the inability of these nations to separate debts from reparations. They feel that it is no less financially sound to cancel debts than reparations imposed in a time when the temper of the nations was vengeful. While a little clear thinking would show the protesting...
...medium of communication with the individuals and groups who are most concerned in its use. The library, founded by Henry F. Huntington, is devoted to one of the finest collections of unpublished manuscripts and rare printed books in the world. Officials chose the University Press after a nation wide survey, as the best medium for publications of the library...
Survey courses are intended to include in their wide scope brief outlines of many fields of study. History, economics, literature, sociology these are included in typical survey courses. The advantage expected was that narrow specialization would not lead to narrow knowledge. Survey courses were to provide background for understanding the social duties of each profession...
...Eastman running well back in the pack, his hands dangling, his stride so smooth that it might have been designed to keep his glasses from falling off. Eastman was ahead coming into the last turn when Williams, who had started badly, began to catch up, running with his legs wide apart, his face twisted into an expression of effort and fatigue. Eastman did not seem to be tired but he had not learned how to accelerate his effortless pace into the burst of speed a middle distance runner often needs for the finish. Williams was three steps in front...