Word: wider
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...Ponte dei Sospiri [Bridge of Sighs] - it's too expensive. And I'm not talking Golden Gate or Brooklyn, I'm talking one of the little bridges in Venice that goes across a calle. You need that little bridge." It might be strange to label a bridge to the wider world as "little," but in Severgnini's land of contradictions, it seems to make sense...
...Indeed, the outcome has done so little to alter the basic strategic geography of Lebanon and the wider region that it's hard to envisage this truce as the first step towards a comprehensive regional peace. Right now, it looks more like a time...
...microscopic color pixels that make up the image, whereas plasma TVs have pixels that emit colored light themselves. LCD TVs are better than plasmas in bright rooms and are very affordable up to about 42 in. Plasma TVs offer deep blacks and rich colors and can be viewed from wider angles than LCD TVs and are available in larger sizes...
...public institutions in greater numbers, drawn by the generous offers. They will inevitably bring higher academic standards with them. And lower-income communities are finding that their gifted kids can gain entry to the most expensive schools, perhaps helping pry open the austere gates of Harvard Yard a little wider in the process...
...wariness over plunging back into what Israelis remember as their own Vietnam may help explain Israel's caution over expanding the ground war. And so even though the Israeli cabinet on Wednesday gave Prime Minister Ehud Olmert the authority to order a wider invasion, Israeli officials made clear that ordering such an move further north into Lebanon would wait a few days to see the outcome of the diplomatic wrangling...