Word: broader
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that they have a broader understanding of the plight of the P.O.W., some factions within the State and Defense departments want to liberalize the Code of Conduct. They include Averell Harriman, who was put in charge of P.O.W. affairs at State almost three years ago. Flyers imprisoned in Viet Nam have signed many confessions-a situation that Harriman's aide, Frank Sieverts, finds predictable enough. "The code says a prisoner can't sign anything, but those who have given it any thought know the only practical answer is 'yes, he can sign,' " says Sieverts. Neither...
...providing me with the opportunity to earn my commission. And I think that service in the Army was an important part of my liberal arts education--for many of my classmates and for myself it was a unique opportunity to work with a cross section of our society far broader than is available in the rarified world of Harvard. It need hardly be added that the challenges and responsibilities of leadership and command are themselves part of a broad education, especially for those graduates bound for professional life...
...world will abandon its pursuit. The present rebellion by the blacks and the young could still fragment American society beyond anything now imagined possible. The end result will more likely be a heightening consciousness, a raising of national sights. The new challenging target will be progress, understood in a broader and more sophisticated way to include not only materialist means but also the will and perception to put them to more moral and more civilizing ends...
...cars to 535,000, worth $496 million. Even in Germany, home of the Volkswagen, 1 out of 13 cars is a Fiat. Sales to the U.S. have been relatively modest because Agnelli has concentrated on exports to Europe and has only recently begun a drive to market a broader range of bigger cars in America. Still, Fiat's U.S. sales doubled.in...
Speculation and Shift. Altogether, 1968 was a fairly disappointing year for blue-chip industrial shares. Propelled by political as well as economic events, the Dow-Jones average bounced erratically, but gained only 4.3% for the year. Broader-based indicators of Big Board securities rose about twice as much. The New York Exchange index of all 1,249 listed common stocks climbed 9.4% and Standard & Poor's index of 500 issues rose 7.7%. On the American Stock Exchange, a haven for low-priced and often volatile issues, prices soared an average...