Word: broadening
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that these things really work," Palmer says. "I take them on faith." But they keep her away from the doctor, she says, and that's good because "I don't have time to sit around waiting in doctors' offices." Like Palmer, millions of Americans are using ancient remedies to broaden the range of modern health-care choices. And these flowering gifts from the past can be powerful medicine--but handle with care...
...Lisa Loeb and Lou Rawls, Beck and DEVO (whose co-begetter, Mark Mothersbaugh, wrote the film's score). There is also The Rugrats Movie itself, a knowing festival of pop-cultural citations, evocations and plain old rip-offs. Says Albie Hecht of Nickelodeon, which conducted "parent-focused research" to broaden the project's salability: "We worked hard to make sure the themes appealed to adults as well as children." Adds Klasky: "A lot of adults would fall asleep if there were no 'second level.'" Translation: This ain't just kid stuff...
Also, in contrast to what was written in the article titled "Coalition Vows to Fight Sexual Harassment, Broaden Awareness" (Nov. 2), there are advisers in each of the Houses and in the Yard who are receiving formal training on how to assist and help to counsel rape victims. Students may find the names of the Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment (SASH) advisers in the "Tell Someone" booklet they received this fall, or from their House office or the Freshman Dean's Office. KAREN E. AVERY...
...easy to get bored with the standards of the New England music scene, but Johnny D's Uptown in Davis Square is giving Boston a chance to broaden its horizons. Tonight the club is hosting the New Orleans Klezmer All Stars, who bring a wild mix of klezmer, funk, rock and second line sounds with them. 8 p.m. Johnny D's Uptown. 17 Holland St., Davis Square, Somerville. 776-2004. $8 cover...
...eight years he had served as president of the Fox network, which he had helped create. Exhausted, he had retired. "But after six months," he says, "I was very unhappy." He noticed that some of his former colleagues were leaving Fox, and he knew that Fox was trying to broaden its audience, no longer concentrating on young people. So Kellner had a realization: he ought to get his old team back together and start Fox all over again...