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Word: widens (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ridges leading to the summit are often sharp enough to cut a finger on, and widen out only one foot for every ten foot down. Yet only at the ridge is there a route to the peak...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mountaineering Club Scales Peru Peak During Summer | 6/12/1950 | See Source »

...Justice." The declarations of both churches raised a fresh storm of Communist anger. In this tense atmosphere, the Evangelical Synod of all Germany-both West and East-held its annual meeting in the Eastern sector of Berlin. Many expected that the Synod would widen the breach between Christian church and Communist state. But Dibelius, after denouncing the "increasingly worsened" conditions, insisted that the church was not attacking any special group, but only "defending itself against anti-Christian assault." It was thus clear that Protestant leaders hoped to maintain their tenuous attitude of "a plague on both your houses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Still Neutral | 5/8/1950 | See Source »

Kirkland's grip on first place in the House "A" League Basketball League tightened yesterday, though the Deacons remained idle. Leverett upset Second-place Dudley, 40 to 38, to widen the gap between Kirkland and the Commuters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Leverett Quintet Trips Commuters In Close Contest | 3/7/1950 | See Source »

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