Word: broad
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Alexander Kerensky took over and began a race against time and Lenin's Bolsheviks-a race to establish democracy in Russia. A bill of broad political and civil rights was promulgated, religious freedom established, the then radical notion of an eight-hour working day instituted, and plans drawn up for land reform, the most pressing problem of all. Kerensky, who quickly became a national hero, pinned his hopes on elections for a constituent assembly. But his government was torn between those who wanted to opt out of the war and those who felt that Russia's obligations...
...illusion of a permanent present. Fantasy heightens reality. Cause and effect are denied, and in the more extreme experiments such as in Last Year at Marienbad, a fundamental reorientation in time and space takes shape. Even as it strives to entertain, the new cinema is part of the broad cultural movement of an age that is searching for a contemporary redefinition of man's place in the universe...
...WOULD like to compare the Western experience in Europe to the Asian situation today. It is undeniable that the Vietnam war is, in a broad sense, a product of Sino-American collision in Asia. And the two powers behind the present conflict will sooner or later come to realize that they cannot win a complete victory by mere force. The U.S. seems to be aware that it cannot defeat Communist China, the great power reserve behind the Ho regime, without precipitating all-out nuclear war. And China, even before it fell into the present state of confusion, seemed to know...
Yale has top-heavy strength. On the basis of three places in just two events the Elis finished fourth in the IC4A's last week. Harvard was tenth. Today the Yalies have two firsts and two seconds clinched. Calvin Hill (broad jump) and Mark Young (600) are IC champs and are unbeatable...
...than it has been all year. Jeff Huvelle, who was third in the IC's last week, could challenge young in the 600, if healthy Mark Johnson, whose leg has been bothering him all season, is also finally in shape. His chances are not so good in the broad jump, but a third of fourth is a possibility...