Word: broader
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Although the time when divestment could have most helped anti-apartheid efforts has passed, HRAAA will continue to nominate candidates in an effort to forward broader goals of diversity and social responsibility, Solomon said...
David Landes, Harvard's Coolidge Professor of History and chair of Social Studies, said the Iraqi move reflects a broader sense of aggression against Israel by Arab countries in the area...
...lines of business. To give banks a broader base of profits, the Administration wants to scuttle Depression-era laws that severely limit bank activities. It would allow banks to underwrite securities and may urge that they be permitted to sell insurance or to affiliate with other types of companies. Banks would be prevented by so-called fire walls from risking federally insured deposits in the new ventures. Moreover, only healthy, well- capitalized banking companies would be permitted to enter new fields...
Rather than hobble American pop culture, foreign ownership of U.S. entertainment companies seems likely to increase its exposure around the world. Already, Dallas boasts loyal viewers from Jerusalem to San Jose. As the global audience for U.S.-produced entertainment has grown, producers and directors have aimed for broader, cross-cultural appeal. Arnold Schwarzenegger is one of the biggest box-office stars in the world. Twenty years ago, no actor with a heavy German accent, no matter how gifted, would have topped Hollywood's talent ladder...
...overwhelmed plugs for homeopathic remedies, the Reader is almost obsessive in its baby boomerism, with recent covers on dream houses, good schools and growing old. Some critics now call the Reader smug, self- satisfied, a bit too yuppified, and say it has sacrificed some edge to gain a broader audience. "There's a big chance they will lose their identity," says Samir A. Husni, a University of Mississippi associate journalism professor and magazine watcher. It sounds like the kind of thirtysomething problem that publisher Utne, on his TV-watching days, might appreciate...