Word: widespread
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...boils down to a paradox. To have better Councils we must have better Councils. The only suspicion of a break in this vicious circle is the prospect of intelligent and widespread campaigning...
Third, the Teachers' Union resolved that "in time when widespread suspicion and organized pressure threaten the independence of university scholars, every effort must be made to preserve the principles of academic freedom, and special effort should be made to avoid stigmatizing or punishing members of the faculty who profess independent or unpopular views...
...main shock of the quake, the most violent and widespread ever to hit the Pacific Northwest, lasted for 40 seconds. When it ended, every activity of the region had been wrenched askew. Hardly an automobile, truck or bus moved; the downtown streets of Seattle, Olympia, Tacoma and other cities were jammed with motionless cars and tens of thousands of people, who had spilled out of doorways, milled between the cars, gazing fearfully upward. Some of the frantic thought of an atom bomb...
...Widespread liquor sales to college students under 21 have resulted in a letter of protest to all Western Massachusetts package stores signed jointly by four college presidents. Stressing "the multitude of problems which the unrestricted use of alcoholic beverages brings to every campus," the heads of Smith, Amherst, Mount Holyoke, and the University of Massachusetts asked for full cooperation in keeping liquor away from minors...
...ready with smile and soft humor. At first he took to solitary soda-fountain lunches to save time, now he has small lunches with other officials, often at the Metropolitan Club. When he appears before Congress he turns on some of his old salesman's magic, has earned widespread respect for candor and readiness with information. "You should see him operate with Congress," said a colleague. "Whenever a knotty one comes up, he slaps his knee and says: 'Senator, you're entirely right. You've hit the nail on the head.' Next thing you know...