Word: broader
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...matter of months, Eizensfat has quietly moved into an unrivaled position at the White House that was underscored by his role in shaping Carter's urban policy. Says another high-level aide: "On a day-to-day basis, Stu probably has greater influence on the President on a broader range of issues than anybody...
Davis loathed American regionalism -Thomas Hart Benton with his buckeye Michelangelo plowboys, Grant Wood's Midwestern Arcadias. "The only corn-fed art that was ever successful was the pre-Columbian," Davis snapped in 1934. His own vision of America as subject was much broader. It took in "wood-and ironwork of the past; Civil War and skyscraper architecture; the brilliant colors on gasoline stations, chain store fronts and taxicabs," as well as "Earl Hines' hot piano and Negro jazz music in general." His desire, he wrote, "is to construct formal souvenirs which are an agreeable emblem...
Gagnon added that the program will pursue broader concerns about sexuality and society such as the question of whether or not fathers should be granted leaves of absence from employment after a child's birth. Paternal contact is thought by some experts to encourage sexual development in children...
Additionally, last year's controversy over the criteria for selecting a new athletic director (a controversy which pitted the interests of varsity athletes against the broader desires of the Harvard athletic community), provided an ironic contrast to the Harvard ideal of "athletics...
...PAGE REPORT on the core curriculum released by the Faculty two weeks ago marks a major step in the long history of General Education at Harvard. Since Harvard helps set the pace for academic trends, the report could have broader ramifications at schools throughout the country...