Word: widens
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...last week it could not be told whether Wang's coming would heal or widen the split between Nationalist radicals and conservatives...
...arts, letters, history, and philosophy. If he has no sufficiently keen interest outside of science, it would in general be better to utilize his concentration to prepare for his professional studies which he can do in a variety of ways. He can then use his other courses to widen his mental outlook...
...athletics throughout the country is the stress laid on Varsity teams almost to the point of ignoring men who can add nothing to the potential strength of those teams. The feeling at Harvard is opposed to this narrow outlook. This year certainly the principal athletic policy has been to widen the scope of sport to include as many men as possible, and to provide them not only with facilities but with competent coaching. In crew, the number for whom we have thus provided is considerable. Last fall thirty-two crews were on the river. This meant that at least...
Wage-earners both in these United States and elsewhere believe Mr. Forbes will have to widen the scope of his magazine and enlarge his economic philosophy before he can secure their subscriptions in any large number...
...there is another appeal which the Times might have made, had it chanced to widen its phraseology. If mere politics be a phase of life little less limited than academic concerns nevertheless the sum of matters beyond the academic horizon is worthy more diligent student foresight. The pitch and toss of business, the processes of manufacture, professional contingencies, all are ultimates for students now in comparative remoteness from them; and the thought of the individual student could hardly be better employed than in choosing or pondering the chosen ultimate...