Word: widens
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...excruciating downward spiral of which many were unaware and others were powerless to stop. He became addicted to crystal methamphetamine, spent an increasing amount of time in casinos and strip joints, and endured several minor scrapes with the law. Each incident served to gradually erode his political credibility and widen the already considerable rift with his family...
...decided to include the ancient ruins as part of the village's design. Want to build a sailing center on the site of the Battle of Marathon? Not so fast. First you have to take apart three 4,500-year-old homes - and move them 50 yards. Want to widen the road from Marathon to Athens? Citizens went to court to save ancient trees along the route. "It's our way of democracy," says Panos K. Protopsaltis, ATHOC's general manager for transportation. "We let everybody appeal. Most of the court cases and the protests have now been resolved...
...Zubaydah DETAINED --The operations chief was caught in Pakistan in March. U.S. investigators are leery of his statements to them, but evidence found during his capture is helping widen the hunt for terrorists...
...without mentioning the expansion of Israeli settlements is unfair and counterproductive. Yet America's friends abroad despair of any progress because they see the U.S. as unwilling or unable, for domestic political reasons, to operate in an evenhanded manner on this matter. The issue of Iraq only serves to widen the perception gap. While U.S. officials proceed with plans to displace Iraq's Saddam Hussein, European leaders wonder if they are living in the same world as the Americans. They can't imagine how the U.S. can hope to avoid disaster while putting an Israeli-Palestinian agreement on the back...
...Watts, the only black Republican in Congress, announced last week that he will retire when his fourth term ends next year--a blow to the G.O.P.'s efforts to widen its appeal. The conservative 44-year-old Oklahoman and former star quarterback for the University of Oklahoma talks with TIME's Douglas Waller...