Word: broader
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Nevertheless, we have shown that University Hall--not Counter himself--has not done enough to address other problems and tensions in a community of difference. Counter's specific role in dealing with these broader problems had never been clear. In fact, his official job seems to be limited to "feel good" events...
Here, above all, is where the newly proposed definition is attempting to expand the current one. While the Date Rape Task Force did wish to have an even broader definition of rape, one in which any sexual encounter that did not have explicit consent of both parties would constitute rape, this definition was deemed too strict to be feasibly instituted. To be politically blunt, such a definition would never have passed the UC full council...
...Clinton stirs so much doubt even among the most committed Democrats, how will he be regarded by the broader electorate he must appeal to in order to defeat George Bush? A TIME/CNN poll of 937 registered voters questioned by Yankelovich Clancy Shulman last Thursday -- two days after Clinton's primary victories -- gives some startling answers. A month earlier, Clinton finished in a dead heat with Bush, 43% to 43%; now he loses by 11 points, 44% to 33% (a jump in the undecided column made most of the difference). In a three-way race, Clinton barely edges Texas billionaire Ross...
...fight revolves around union demands that Caterpillar match the terms offered U.A.W. members by Deere & Co., the Illinois farm-equipment manufacturer, including higher wages and broader health benefits. Caterpillar says it cannot afford to grant those terms because of the brutal competition it faces from abroad...
Weld rejoiced in high level Harvard-Yale competitions as much as anyone, but he also believed that establishing rowing in a broader foundation than that afforded by the "University eight and the four class crews" was a worthwhile goal...