Word: broader
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Brown answered that the plan could work within the present tutorial system. Juniors would begin their theses in the spring under one tutor, while continuing to do some of the normal junior tutorial work. They would complete the writing under a senior year tutor, thus permitting a broader perspective. Brown noted that even under the present system many students are able to keep the same tutor between junior and senior years. As for the second objection, Brown said that even the busiest students would have some time for reflection, and that the extra four months would improve the quality...
Even as firmly-entrenched an institution as the Law School must from time to time reassess itself. Hopefully, the changes that come about from this present reassessment will give future law students a broader understanding of legal concepts rather than a mere familiarity with technical details...
...head of steam here at IBM. I intend to keep it that way." With this determination, Albert L. Williams, 50, moved into the presidency of the International Business Machines Corp., succeeding Tom Watson Jr., 47-year-old son of the man who built IBM. Watson, who wants time for broader activities, will continue as IBM's chairman and chief executive officer, but will concentrate on long-term policy while Williams takes over day-to-day operations. First attracted to IBM by a newspaper report that Tom Watson Sr. was one of the nation's highest-paid executives, Williams...
...Jewish leaders with deeply held and vastly differing opinions were involved in a dispute that went to the very heart of Jewry. At immediate issue was the relationship between the U.S.'s 5,500,000 Jews and the proud state of Israel (pop. 2,115,000). But even broader and greater was an old issue revolving around the meaning and purpose of Jewry. Is Jewishness a religion, a nationality or a peoplehood? In sum: What...
...Philosophy 1 concentrates on the more technical aspects of the subject," White remarked, while a General Education course such as Humanities 5 is free to cover a broader area since it "does not have the specific task of preparing students for upper level courses...