Word: broader
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...worst thing about the P.C. people is that they are such poor advocates for the multicultural cause. No one was ever won over to a broader, more inclusive view of life by being bullied or relentlessly "corrected." Tell a 19-year-old white male that he can't say "girl" when he means "teen- age woman," and he will most likely snicker. This may be the reason why, despite the conservative alarms, P.C.-ness remains a relatively tiny trend. Most campuses have more serious and ancient problems: faculties still top- heavy with white males of the monocultural persuasion; fraternities that...
...Feldstein has less administrative experience than Casper and Rudenstine, and his controversial stint as chief economic advisor to the Reagan administration may raise questions about his judgment. In addition, some observers say that Feldstein has not demonstrated a clear interest in broader educational concerns...
...military might that made him a menace but not of all capacity for troublemaking. Containing him may require not only a long-lasting arms embargo but also some sort of regional security scheme. Kuwait is liberated, but a smoldering wreck needing perhaps years of reconstruction. Then come the broader difficulties: trying to forge a stable regional balance of power -- or balance of weakness, as some commentators suggest -- and defuse the hatreds that have made the Middle East the world's most prolific breeding ground for war. French President Francois Mitterrand ticks off a laundry list of regional troubles that must...
...present Riverside clinic] is inadequate in every way," said Reeves. "I think we should be proud of the neighborhood health clinics. An expanded clinic would be able to serve a broader cross section of the community...
...triumph for illegal aliens seeking to normalize their status. But the act contained limited provisions for individuals to appeal the handling of their cases by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Last week, by a 7-to-2 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the law did not bar broader legal challenges to INS policies and practices that are deemed unfair and illegal...