Word: broad
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...Johnson pal since the two first met in the early '30s while Kintner was a New York Herald Tribune reporter in Washington and Johnson was a young congressional secretary, even the President seemed a bit uncertain about where the gregarious ex-executive might wind up. There was a broad hint, though, that he just might be dealing with the press. "He will be at the service of the President, and if he needs to play first or second or third base, I hope he can do it," Johnson told reporters. "I don't want him to play...
...should not be fighting in Viet Nam. "By virtue of its strength and resources," he said, "the U.S. cannot escape from a powerful element of unilateralism, and I see no point in naively or romantically railing against this fact." Nonetheless, he urged the Administration to allow itself "a broad range of policy alternatives" in Southeast Asia. "If we continue to live by the all-or-nothing philosophy-either all in or all out-we cannot possibly sustain our values or our interests...
...DETROIT SYMPHONY operates under the successful "Detroit Plan," which this season accounted for contributions of $275,000 from 185 corporations, and a broad base of individual support to back its proud claim of being "everybody's orchestra." Sweden's Sixten Ehr-ling, 48, who replaced the venerable Paul Paray as conductor in 1962, has tempered the heavily romantic repertory favored by "Papa Paray" with stiff doses of modern music, has sharpened the ensemble playing into machine-tooled precision, and has added a velvety sheen to the orchestra's sound with the addition of 23 new musicians this...
...table, over the objections of some of the less gregarious affiliates. And after his own success in teaching a House seminar, Chalmers has now organized some of the Winthrop tutors to teach a small course on current American social problems. This course will have the advantage of offering a broad, inter-departmental approach to various key issues and will give the tutors a chance to improvise on their own. But even more important for Chalmers' purposes, the course will promote a kind of education based on spontaneous dialogue; it may even create an intellectual excitement that extends beyond the seminar...
...Ginzberg decision indicates that the Court has failed utterly to establish clear guidelines in obscenity cases or to agree on a definition of obscenity. Justice William O. Douglas dissented by attacking the advertising test, Justice Hugo Black by defending a broad application of free speech, and Stewart by a strict application of the Constitution and the First Amendment...