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Word: wider (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...rate has been judged both fair by the residents and ample for running expenses by the financial boards. The collection is a bit more tedious than in other houses but the degree of surety is much greater, the interest spread in the workings of the House committee is far wider and the general result in satisfaction repays the initial effort many times over...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GREASING THE HOUSE WHEELS | 11/24/1936 | See Source »

...Wider was the scope of LIFE'S pictorial presentation of Brazil, in the news now because Franklin Roosevelt is going there. Of South America the editors said, "A month ago LIFE decided to do its duty and be interested-a duty which turned out to be surprisingly easy to take. . . . Next week, The Argentine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: LIFE Launched | 11/23/1936 | See Source »

...voice surprisingly calm and deep. It grew ever quieter, slower, more halting as he reached the close of his election eve broadcast, last speech of his campaign. "Our healing . . . will be revealed by the still small voice-that speaks to the conscience-and the heart -prompting us to a wider-and wiser- humanity." On came the voice of the announcer, reverent and tender, as if speaking the epilog of a sad and stirring drama: "And so, quiet falls over the study in Topeka, Kansas." Three hours later the Sunflower Special chuffed out of Topeka on its last trip, taking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election Results: President-Reject | 11/9/1936 | See Source »

...fuller understanding of comparative anatomy, and the principle underlying the use of sliding seats in shells avails little in passing Physics C laboratory requirements. Similarly, lengthening of reading pariods will help group one students to cover their special assignments flawlessly, even if it does aid those cursed with a wider lazy streak to make up for long autumn weekends spent at scattered points along the Atlantic Seaboard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TWENTY THOUSAND YEARS IN MALLINCKRODT | 11/6/1936 | See Source »

...Dead End and Pulitzer Prizewinning Men in White, Sidney Kingsley was given more credit for the validity and sincerity of his dramatic ideas than for his way of handling the tools of his craft. In Ten Million Ghosts this discrepancy is even wider. The characters move in an atmosphere of unreality. Verified facts are blurted so awkwardly that they assume a cloak of incredibility. Furthermore, most spectators will agree that the thesis that armament makers are the sole cause of war is too old and battered for adult consideration. Best feature of Ten Million Ghosts is the settings-particularly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Nov. 2, 1936 | 11/2/1936 | See Source »

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