Word: wider
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...many things at once, to make up his mind as instantaneously, and to act as quickly on the conclusion he has drawn, as the game of football. This quality of co-ordination is more valuable now than ever, as the variety of attack of the opponents is so much wider...
...remarkably close game the University basketball team defeated the Massachusetts Institute of Technology last night by a score of 22 to 20. The University team's poor work in shooting goals from fouls, only four out of 13 attempts proving successful, prevented them from winning by a wider margin. At the end of the first half the score stood 12 to 6 in favor of Technology. In this period the University team displayed little team work and was clearly outplayed...
...first is an amusing comedy, the second is pathetic, the third a broad farce. The reason for the adoption of these three short plays, in the place of the usual long play, was an attempt to appeal to a wider public...
...onesself open to criticism; it is also much easier for those in authority to select men who have proved their ability in some other way, than to give the time necessary to select from untried material. With a more general willingness to undertake seemingly thankless tasks, and a wider distribution of these tasks, we believe that our activities will gain the benefits of active participation without any perceptible sacrifice of efficiency...
...large show window which affords the store some much-needed additional display space. It is expected that these two departments which in their former basement quarters were badly cramped for room will henceforth be able to carry larger and more varied stocks of merchandise thus catering to a wider range of demand. The basement floor has been given over to the furniture department which in recent years has increased its annual volume of business to large proportions. A considerable part of the stock carried by this department is now made to order for the Society, and for the present year...