Word: widespreading
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Just beyond the outskirts of the Brooklyn community known as Flatbush-but geographically in a section called Crown Heights -there happen to be a few acres of ground called Ebbets Field. Undoubtedly, certain sport-minded residents are interested in what goes on there. But there is a widespread impression that not only Flatbush but all of Brooklyn is merely an extension of that ball park. TIME is one of the worst offenders in disseminating that humiliating propaganda...
When the Red leaders, encouraged by these widespread successes, intimated that a general strike was in the offing, Prakasam sought the counsel of Congress Party Boss Vallabhbhai Patel. Patel's advice was strong action. Prakasam followed it -not, as he said, "for the mere purpose of satisfying our own will or acting the tyrant. . . . It has become an absolute necessity...
...Widespread approval of social welfare legislation by the judiciary bears witness to the impact of Pound's thesis upon our national conscience. Yet his is a middle-way position: there is strong insistence that "we are not compelled, because we recognize cooperation as a factor in civilization, to sacrifice all that was achieved in the last century by working out a system of individual rights...
...Widespread apathy contrasted with these cases. Low unit on the poll was Dudley, where only 47 out of a possible 300 votes were registered. Ballot-box custodians reported complete scorn in many cases. Yardlings plagued vote-tailliers with numerous "go to hell" comments, while among the Houses, Kirkland stood out for several charges of "clique" written in on the ballots...
...result of the widespread interest shown by members of the College in the Law School Forum meetings last term, plans have been made by the Board of Directors to encourage student opinions and suggestions on the topics, speakers, and procedure of the Forum during its spring season, according to Jerome L. Rappaport 47, 2L, President...