Word: wider
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...series of power variations-and FM receivers "level off" the variations. Each FM station enjoys a channel 20 times as wide as standard broadcasting's ten megacycles, which is one of the reasons for the fidelity of tone. High notes are rapid vibrations, and the most rapid demand wider channels than standard broadcasting uses...
...weakness for creating new tongue twisters, coined the term "noösphere," from the Greek nods (mind) and sphere. Said he: "The noösphere is a new geological phenomenon on our planet. In it for the first time man becomes a large-scale geological force.... Wider and wider creative possibilities open before him. It may be that the generation of our grandchildren will approach their blossoming. . . . Fairy-tale dreams appear possible in the future; man is striving to emerge beyond the boundaries of his planet into cosmic space. And he probably will...
...Although Caniff's new contract will be with Field, the new strip will be marketed by Hearst's giant King Features, to give it wider distribution. Thus, in Manhattan Hearst's Daily Mirror instead of Field's PM will carry Caniff...
...general idea of what the winning plan was like. "The plan that the judges liked best," he said, "called for sweeping reforms. It called for larger and more accessible playgrounds, more modern schools with better paid teachers, a completely revised tax system, condemnation of slums, construction of new and wider highways, and the partial abolition of the suburban system of government in favor of a more centralized...
...real Canadian crisis was obviously not resolved by the Prime Minister's change of front. The breach between French and English Canada was wider than ever. And French Canada, which had voted solidly for Mr. King's policy for a quarter-century, would not soon forget or easily forgive his sudden conversion to conscription. The 69-year-old Prime Minister would probably survive a vote of confidence in the House of Commons. But his new policy might prove politically costly in the long run. A Dominion election must be held soon. Unless he could somehow regain the support...