Word: widens
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Though Harvard held a 22-point advantage, 37-15, with just over five minutes remaining in the first half, the Blue Devils scored five of the last seven points of the frame to go into the locker room down 42-24. However, that gap would widen once again as the Crimson began the second half with a 16-0 run, 10 of which came from Peljto who scored the final eight points on two turnovers and a pair of missed shots on the defensive...
...trying to widen and deepen the boundaries of discussion at Harvard,” he said. “I wanted to give an example of an unpolitically correct talk...
...plan is designed to widen participation in the political transition, in order to bolster its legitimacy among ordinary Iraqis as a counterweight to the insurgency. In the best-case scenario, it will draw into the political process the likes of Muqtada al-Sadr, the popular firebrand Shiite cleric who has agitated against the U.S. occupation. Sadr has welcomed Washington's change of direction, and moderated his tone lately - partly, perhaps, in response to fears that the U.S. may arrest him, but also perhaps because his movement, which dominates the Shiite slums of East Baghdad, has much to gain from...
Although the prestigious publication has always been dominated by men, after seeing the gender gap widen in past years the Review wrote a confidential report in March 2003, obtained by the Harvard Law Record...
...Schwarzenegger has made his job more difficult by making three popular pledges: he?ll repeal the recent increase of the car tax, he won?t raise taxes and he won?t cut education spending. The car tax repeal alone will widen the budget gap by $4 billion. But Arnold shrewdly avoided revealing any other details of his plan to fix the budget, arguing he first needs to audit the entire government. While that wasn?t fair to voters - and in exit polls two-thirds griped that he hadn?t given them enough information - they voted for him anyway...