Word: broadening
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...scale international debate over the pistol-packing tactics the peacekeepers are pursuing to destroy one of Somalia's most powerful warlords. After weeks of escalating assaults on Aidid's compounds, the Italian government, the aid community in Mogadishu and many Somali citizens charged that the attacks served mainly to broaden the war and divert attention from the primary goal of humanitarian relief. "A peace mission," said Italian chief of staff General Domenico Corcione, "is being transformed into a war operation...
...renewed concern for reaching the inner-city poor by journeying to violence-plagued housing projects in Los Angeles to help keep the peace as the city awaited the verdict in the federal trial of four police officers accused of violating Rodney King's civil rights. Chavis hopes to broaden the group's appeal to include Hispanics, Asian Americans and other "people of color" in the U.S., while converting the N.A.A.C.P. into a global human-rights organization by establishing chapters in Africa and the Caribbean. This week at its annual convention in Indianapolis, the N.A.A.C.P. plans to announce a "strategic alliance...
...economically diverse group of residents who have formed this private non-profit educational organization to serve as a fiscal watchdog over local government and to hold our elected officials accountable. We dedicate ourselves to educate the local electorate to the pressing issues facing our city and to attempt to broaden participation in the electoral process by reaching out to those who don't traditionally participate in the election process. To this end, we will sponsor voter registration drives to increase participation in and understanding of the political process...
...college administrators were really concerned about Westminster students' exposure to educational diversity, they would accept these students to college in order to broaden their perspective. Instead, admissions officials force Westminster students to choose between completely religious or completely secular intellectual worlds throughout their whole educational careers...
...says Black students are not at Harvard to serve as ambassadors to broaden the horizons of white students...