Word: broad
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...primary work of the Joint Center is a broad series of studies in urban history and problems--ranging from a study of Moslem cities in the Middle Ages to a recent symposium on "Public Library Functions in a Changing Metropolis." While these studies are generally of a non-controversial nature, a few of them turn out not to be. The Federal Bulldozer, Martin Anderson's vehement critique of the urban renewal program, outraged bureaucrats all over the nation, Many of those affiliated with the Center admit privately that they "got a little burned on that one" and suggest that more...
Balancing Dissent. The Appellate Court flatly refused to raise a protective umbrella over all "symbolic conduct"-noting that such a broad interpretation might include anything from a "thumbs-down gesture to political assassination." Most important, it rejected the Holmes test. Instead, it followed the Supreme Court's recent tendency to "balance" the interests served by a statute v. free speech. Draft cards are vital to running the draft, said the Appellate Court. They backstop lost records and help control evaders. The need to retain them takes precedence over any alleged right to burn them. Holmesians might be troubled...
...Valuable Broad Jumper...
This year's freshmen are good in events where the varsity is not so good, and they should be a big help next year. The broad jumpers will be especially valuable. Against Yale and Princeton, three of them leaped over 22 ft.--farther than any Harvard varsity man could do that...
Yale's Calvin Hill--who spends part of the year as a football star--broke the meet broad jump record with a leap of 24 ft. 6 3/4 in. Hill is amazing to watch. He starts down the runway slowly, weaving from side to side, but when he gets two or three strides from the mark, he explodes, flailing through the air and landing in a cloud of sawdust...