Word: widespread
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...prospect of a real golf course for Harvard men becomes more and more imminent. With the undergraduate campaign just launched, the Harvard Golf Association has made a strategic move. Wisely enough, the aim is not for a large sum but for a widespread contribution. It is out of the question to raise the full amount $150,000 or even a moderate portion of it, here in the University. What can be accomplished is to convince the alumni, on whom the burden must fall, that their larger contributions will not be made in vain. They must be made to realize...
...total amount of building normally done in two and a half years. This means that the construction industry would have to work at 25 percent above its normal output for 10 years to make good the accumulated deficiency. In view of the amount of this shortage and its widespread distributions, it seems entirely probable that the building boom of 1922 will continue through 1923, but probably with somewhat diminished vigor...
...steady piling up of art treasures by collecors like Frick, Altman, Johnson, and Huntington has made this country, especially since the war, a storehouse of famous paintings largely brought from abroad. As a result a flair for anything foreign developed and the effect on American art has been widespread. Individually, little can be done by American artists to stave off this influx of foreign-born art beyond all reason. No literary test can be-applied and there are no immigration laws to govern paintings...
...recent years, and especially since the Great War, this simple faith has suffered a widespread disintegration...
...their settlement more facts than we now have. Before a general policy can, be formulated on this great question it must engage the attention of the governing boards and the faculties, and it is likely to be discussed by alumni and undergraduates. It is natural that with a widespread discussion of this sort going on, there should be talk about the proportion of Jews at the college...