Word: broad
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...Romney drove in an American Motors Rambler to Rocky's cottage for a buffet lunch. By the time the meal was over, the two Governors had achieved a consensus, so to speak, on consensus. "It was an apparent and not a real difference," Romney told reporters on the broad green lawn fronting the cottage. "Personally, I would not have chosen the word consensus.* I was just a little allergic to the previous association of the word. But I agree the Governors should reach an agreement on programs." Pointedly, both Rocky and Romney expressed the belief that Ronald Reagan would...
...criticizing the basic philosophy and direction of the labor movement. By its failure to campaign for civil rights and to press the fight against poverty, said Reuther, organized labor has demonstrated that it is not "playing the role of a creative and constructive force" and is "failing in its broad social responsibility to the community...
Incentives. Rockefeller admits that all this has cost him millions-just how many millions he prefers not to say-as well as punishing physical exertion that can be calculated only by the fatigue etched in his broad face. His mission has not been entirely quixotic. Win Rockefeller, at 54, needs Arkansas as much as it needs him. Indeed, his brothers David, 51, president of New York's Chase Manhattan Bank, and Nelson, 58, Governor of New York, both use the same words to describe his incentives: "Win found himself in Arkansas." Adds David: "It was just what he wanted...
...bosses operated on the assumption that they could deliver that vote to whatever candidate they chose-all they needed was a Christmas turkey, a memory for the names of the children, and a fluency in the mother tongue. In fact, things were never quite that simple, but in a broad sense the picture was accurate enough. Even today, long after the Hogan prophecy was replaced by the reality of an Irish Catholic President, long after mass immigration became part of history, politicians still talk easily about the Irish vote, the Italian vote, the Polish or Jewish vote...
...decided to submit the constitution to a public referendum Dec. 14 rather than simply decree it. In the referendum, Spain's second in 30 years, all Spaniards over 21 will vote. After almost certain approval, the new constitution will go into effect immediately. Additional laws that translate its broad principles into actual specifics will be introduced by the government by next April...