Word: broad
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...point, a juror gave the accused a broad wink. It was a good tipoff. After 1 hr. 29 min. of deliberation, the jury reached its verdict: "Not guilty." Not that anyone had expected differently in "bloody Lowndes," as Negroes call the county. Nonetheless, Attorney General Flowers, a courageous, outspoken antisegregationist whose own life was threatened during the trial, denounced the verdict as an outrage. Said he: "Now those who feel they have a license to kill, maim and destroy have been issued that license...
...Kennedy family, not Pei, set these broad guidelines. They desire a memorial that will honor John Kennedy by sustaining the spirit he carried into politics and the presidency. As an architect, Pei can only do so much: he cannot run the Library, nor can he formulate an appealing program for the Institute of Politics. He cannot guarantee that the ideal will become real--or even that it is possible. What he can do is create an environment in which--if the ideal is attainable--it can be achieved...
...feels like applauding Farmer even in private conversation. He is big, broad-shouldered man with the deep, forceful voice of a Biblical prophet. He is immensely articulate, though tending to hold up a reserve of measured conviction. Often he seems preoccupied and one can guess that he's ruminating on some new plan or old problem in CORE's operation...
...group has three broad stated goals which it feels are in the best interests of the U.S.: a cease fire in Vietnam, reconsideration of recognition of China, and negotiations towards the admittance of China into the U.N. Membership is open to anyone who ascribes to these goals. "We don't exclude individuals, we exclude tactics which would alienate the public opinion we are seeking to influence...
...true that the introductory departmental course will not in every case provide background for the upper-level General Education course. A student may be no better prepared for Social Sciences 139, "The Life Cycle," after passing Economics 1. But the prerequisite does insure that students will get a relatively broad view of an area, which an upper-level course alone might not provide. A student who has taken Economics 1 and Social Sciences 139 (plays presumably another half course in Social Sciences) has had a good general education in the Social Sciences...