Word: broad
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...notable yearning of today's college students is for broad courses that cut a swath across academic disciplines and focus on major social issues. One problem, however, is that there is rarely a niche for such freewheeling scholars in the modern, highly compartmentalized university. Berkeley Lecturer Ernest Becker, 42, who attracted overflow crowds into a 900-seat auditorium for a wide-ranging course embracing religion, anthropology and sociology, was reminded of that disturbing fact last month when Cal's anthropology department failed to rehire...
Yale won all its 14 points in two events. Sophomore Calvin Hill won the broad jump effortlessly at 24 ft. 8 3 4 in., and teammate Paul Jones was close behind for second place. Powerful Mark Young won the 600. Those two victories were the first scored by an Ivy competitor in the ICIA's in two years...
Errors & Alliances. Chou, with his multilingual facility (Russian, Japanese, French and English) and broad exposure to the outside world after eight years as Foreign Minister, ranks third in the Red Chinese hierarchy (after Mao Tse-tung and Lin Piao) and is perhaps the most pragmatic of Peking's leaders. Though Chou has led many a Red Guard rally in singing The East Is Red and Sailing the Seas Depends on the Helmsman, Chairman Mao, he has been the constant voice of what passes for moderation in China. While supporting the Cultural Revolution verbally, he has fought hard to keep...
Higgledy-piggledy Rodya Raskolnikov Belted two dames with a Broad-bladed ax. " I am the wictim of Misericordia, Beaten," said he, "by re-Legion...
...expected, Harvard dominated the weight throw and shot put but fared badly in the broad jump. Ron Wilson heaved the hammer 58' 6" to win in a Harvard sweep, and sophomore Benka took the shot put with a 52' 6" toss...