Word: broad
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...attacking TV-broad and inviting target that it is-Agnew was also aiming at a larger foe. For network TV to many Americans is symbolic of the Eastern Establishment, of glibness and superiority, of unwelcome change, of dissent and division. Still, some of Agnew's criticisms were entirely sensible. He asked a great many questions that have troubled others about the nature and source of TV's power, its influence on America, its effects for good or ill. The speech was more professional and better drafted than almost any he has delivered -thanks to fitting in the White...
Although estimates vary widely as to how many youths gathered on the broad avenue on the edge of the Federal Triangle area of Washington, it seems reasonable to say that between 10,000 and 20,000 were there. In any case, the crowd was larger than that at any demonstration at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago and certainly larger than that at the Weatherman action last month...
Election Fears. Founded originally in 1885, the party led the crusade to cast off British rule. Congress thrived under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru. But in recent years, the party has lost much of its broad appeal, and other parties have sprung up to challenge it. In the 1967 elections, the Congress Party lost heavily. In Parliament, its once massive majority fell to a bare 24 seats. Fearful that her party would suffer further losses in the 1972 elections, Mrs. Gandhi began trying to attract more voters by nationalizing the banks and promising to accelerate India...
...each ice layer like growth rings on a tree, the scientists have been able to use the oxygen-isotope ratio to chart yearly variations in weather to depths of 300 ft. Beyond that level, the annual record becomes blurred. But it is still clear enough to let scientists distinguish broad climatological trends. Analysis of the layers showed, for example, that the earth's last ice age began some 70,000 years ago and did not end until about 10,000 years ago. The investigators also made some long-range forecasts. Projecting the established weather pattern, they predicted that temperatures...
There was little startling news in the statement. As John B. Butler, director of Personnel, said, it "put together on one piece of paper what had been the common law of the University. It stated the broad policies succinctly...