Word: widing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Three decades later, Chinese society has fully blossomed. Chinese today experience a wide variety of personal freedoms in daily life that they and their ancestors had never known. Chinese state and society have also reconnected with the past, emphasizing Confucian and Buddhist values. More than 200 million people have been lifted out of poverty and the members of a growing middle class with disposable income travel abroad, invest in the stock market, dine out and decorate their stylish apartments with furniture purchased from stores like Ikea. Access to education has become far more widespread. Some 21 million students attend university...
...While the system and country have weaknesses and challenges, the Sinological landscape is littered with its naysayers and critics. The People's Republic of China has endured for six decades and has overcome a wide variety of serious domestic crises, border wars and international isolation. Its strengths and adaptability have repeatedly been underestimated by outside observers. One thing is certain: China will remain a country of complexity and contradictions - which will keep China watchers and Chinese alike guessing about its future indefinitely...
Brown quarterback Kyle Newhall-Caballero took the snap out of the shotgun formation and lofted the ball for wide receiver Bobby Sewall in the right side of the endzone. Sewall elevated to make the would-be game-winning catch as time expired, but senior linebacker Jon Takamura was there to make sure the ball did not end up in the hands of the Brown wideout as time expired. With the final whistle, the Crimson (1-1, 1-0 Ivy) took home its Ivy League opener, 24-21, in front of 17,263 fans on Friday night under the lights...
After a short rush by rookie Treavor Scales, Winters completed a 38-yard pass to junior wide receiver Chris Lorditch, who ran out of bounds at the 50-yard line. Winters scrambled for another 20 yards on the following two plays, then aired it out again, this time to senior wide receiver Matt Luft. Though Luft was unable to come down with the ball, a pass interference call on Brown’s AJ Cruz put the ball on the Brown 15. The drive finished with a designed quarterback run out of the shotgun formation, which Winters punched in from...
That hard work began right at kickoff, as the Quakers took control of the ball, firing their first shot three minutes into play. But Harvard reclaimed possession and took its first shot six minutes later with a wide header from freshman Alexandra Conigliaro...