everwidening

Indeed, the Labor government's agreement with the PLO only served to intensify the eternal national debate, the everwidening Jewish schism -- between secular and religious, liberal and conservative, cosmopolitan and xenophobe, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

When The Jews Could Say, 'We Won' 2008

Without that aid they would have known how the night wore, by the falling of the tide, recorded in the appearance of an everwidening black wet strip of shore, and the emergence of the paved causeway from the river, foot by foot.

Our Mutual Friend 2004

Like an oil spill, it started with a drop and sprawled out, coating everything in sight, spreading in a never-ending, everwidening circle.

Cinderella At The Ball Wells, Robin 1999

Specialization in every sphere of intellectual work is producing an everwidening gulf between the intellectual worker and the non-specialist, which makes it more difficult for the life of the nation to be fertilized and enriched by the achievements of art and science.

The world as i see it Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955 1934

Now, looking at our history, it does seem to me that one obvious idea that has emerged through that wonderful story is the harmonizing of two principles; the first is the principle of local independence, and the other the everwidening principle of cooperation.

Annual Meeting and Ladies Night/Our Nation Considered as an Ethical Idea 1922

Sometimes sunshine and sometimes storm -- but always open country and everwidening sky-line.

The Visioning Susan Glaspell 1915

Ha! His pride rose higher and higher, carrying William Frederick with it in everwidening circles, until finally he arrived in the realm of pure artistic creation.

The Mother of Invention 1913

One of the most gratifying features of our Canadian life during the last quarter of a century has been the steady growth of a spirit of Canadian nationality -- an everwidening appreciation of the marvellous capabilities of this vast new land, an ever-deepening conviction that Canada has an important part to play in the development of the life of the world at large.

Our National Aspirations 1906

The lily is white, and the rose is red, such knowledge of, such observation of nature is enough for the poet, and he sings and he trills, there is silver magic in every note, and the song as it ascends rings, and all the air quivers with the everwidening circle of the echoes, sighing and dying out of the ear until the last faintness is reached, and the glad rhymes clash and dash forth again on their aërial way.

Confessions of a Young Man 1892

But because of planning’s need for formalization, ironically it is formulation that becomes tightly constrained, while implementation provides the freedom to decompose, elaborate, and rationalize, down the everwidening hierarchy.

The Rise and Fall of Strategic Planning HENRY MINTZBERG 1994