Word: wider
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...were mostly unaware that the late great German Army had been made up of human beings. To the few that read it, a little book called Way of Sacrifice, by a Prussian officer who had fought before Verdun, came with the shock of revelation. Few months later a much wider U. S. audience was discovering The Case of Sergeant Grischa. Though it never became such an enormous seller as All Quiet on the Western Front, it soon ranked as a modern classic, has sold nearly 250,000 copies in English translation alone. Those two novels (both German) were generally admitted...
...field of Physical Anthropology, for example, has requirements in Zoology, heredity, vetebrate palaeontology, mammalian biology, comparative anatomy and statistics. Thus, a candidate primarily interested in Physical Anthropology has a far wider training in fields allied to this subject and is relieved of the necessity of mastering a mass of facts and theories on the social and religious life of aboriginal groups in all parts of the world. If a candidate wishes the latter information, he selects General Ethnography or Ethnology and Social Anthropology, in which he widens his approach by selecting specified courses in history, sociology and psychology...
...week. According to Dr. Bock, however, this is the wrong type of exercise, and does not supply the mental and nervous relaxation which is one of the principal objects of the requirement. Further, the present program offers "expert guidance by coaches in developing bodily skills, opens avenues for wider acquaintances, and fosters the spirit of cooperation...
...Untouchable] leader was rather critical of Christianity's constant emphasis upon personal experience at the expense of any wider reference. 'Why have you not seen the importance of a religion that reaches out into all life and all relationships?' he asked. Continuing, he declared with deep feeling, 'If you are going to compromise with evil conditions while you stress personal religion exclusively, I tell you now I am not with...
...Curtis Cup is to women golfers, the Wolfe-Noel Cup is to women squash racqueters: a prize for a U. S. v. England team match, played alternately in England and the U. S. British squash racquets differ considerably from squash racquets in the U. S. The court is wider, the ball slower. Games are nine points instead of 15. Consequently the U. S. team which won the cup last year in Boston was at a considerable disadvantage defending it last week in London. However, not even onlookers who had seen members of the U. S. side being beaten by English...