Word: broad
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...broad generality of the topics discussed inevitably produced more cross talk than consensus on the panels. Just as inevitably, many of the grand remedies for world ills brought out in the discussions were familiar nostrums that had been heard too often before-George Kennan, for example, attempted to revive Poland's old Rapacki Plan to denuclearize Central Europe, while ever-hopeful Harold Stassen proposed an arms-free zone on each side of the Bering Strait. Nonetheless, the convocation served the useful purpose of providing an intellectual workshop for a farand free-ranging discussion of some central ideas and issues...
When Pacem in Terris was published, the immediate response was an astonishingly broad chorus of praise. Grateful for John's favorable comments on the U.N., Secretary-General U Thant hailed the Pope's "wisdom, vision and courage." Abandoning its traditional policy of nonresponse to papal words, the U.S. State Department heralded Pacem in Terris' emphasis on human liberty. Equally delighted by the encyclical's denunciation of colonialism, Europe's Communist press crowed so loudly about John's "opening to the left" that the Vatican was forced to re-emphasize the church's unaltered...
Pardee and Yale's Kim Hill will battle for first place in the high jump, but Pardee has the decided edge. Hill, the Eli captain, competes in the hurdles and broad jump as well, and has managed only 6 ft., 8 in. this winter...
Aggrey Awori and Princeton Captain Todd Williams will battle for first in the dash, and Yale's Hill will give Awori strong competition in the hurdles and the broad jump, where he has managed...
...comfortable Wall Street law practice to join the Peace Corps--first as General Counsel, then as Special Assistant to Sargent Shriver, and now as Secretary General of the International Secretariat for Volunteer Service. Recalling his work as a national director of the American Civil Liberties Union, Delano speaks in broad terms of his "commitment to public service," his "duty" to society, the mission of educated Americans in a world of rising expectations...