Without the shift to literacy, humanity would never have been able to access the fruits of modernity: the rule of law, exponentially growing knowledge, cumulative technological and medical advances, and a widening sense of one's "in-group" and compassionate treatment thereof.
We found that gaps in achievement between practices serving less and more deprived patients were modest during the first year of the scheme and closed over time for one and widened for one of the 16 indicators and possibly two other indicators.
The letter is emblematic of a widening gap: On one side, an American government whose friends fear could trade off their East European interests as a hinge for deals on Iran and nuclear disarmament.
This incident shows how a simple emotion can widen the definition of one's group.
The 11th graders in Mrs. Olson's class said the backchannel had widened their appreciation of one another.
Current and former defense officials say that as the air campaign in Baghdad and elsewhere proceeds, and the target list widens, the probability of one or more devastating misfires will rise.
Claire Callender, professor of higher education studies at the Institute of Education, told the Higher Education Network's recent debate on widening participation: "One of the biggest problems with bursaries is that prospective students very rarely know if they will get a bursary when they are thinking about which universities to apply to.
Lance looked down and saw the soles of the kid's work boots beneath the car, a patch of dirty sock visible through the hole widening in one of them.
But roll your eyes as you may, your gaze is going to stop, again, and widen at the sight of one or another work of his.
Mr. Martie strides outside the gallery space to what is known as Raymond Plaza, basically a widened sidewalk in front of One Gateway and the garage it shares with the Gateway Hilton Hotel, and the hands and the fervent talk get rolling again: "Look at this space!
