Word: widespreading
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Yale to the sudden cancellation of Saturday's Bowl game-the first such occurrence in over 35 years- was termed "favorable" last night by the Daily News, Yale newspaper. Students, the paper said, seem glad to take precautions against the possible spread of polio, but there is no widespread fear or panic...
...sister machine at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon has been used experimentally to treat eight patients since February. Directors of the Canadian project are not yet ready to report results. * Patients with cancer so widespread as to be considered hopeless will not be treated with the betatron. Also, many common types of cancer cells do not yield to X-ray treatment...
Much of her advice made good sense, particularly when she campaigned for elementary cleanliness ("Keep clean inside and out!") and "attacked the widespread prejudice against fresh air." She conducted a one-woman campaign for safety and sanitary regulations in industry at a time when factory girls had little protection. In such ways she became a force to be reckoned with in U.S. life. Long before she died (in 1883), her face and name had become part of the country's folklore and humor. One standard story...
Last week, widespread polio created other emergencies...
...Shriners' annual conventions are one noisy manifestation of a quiet and widespread U.S. phenomenon. Fraternal societies, which dwindled during the depression and war, have flourished anew. This year they occupy a good deal of the leisure time of almost a quarter of the country's adult population...