Word: broader
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Indeed, if we lose our sense of a broader humanity, we are only inviting a repeat performance of some of the most horrendous chapters of history. And as a fellow Semite (albeit from a North African and non-Jewish background), I do not have to remind Mr. Kaufman of all of the horrors that our peoples have both been made to suffer because of an over-identification with groups in the Crusades or the Inquisition. I am sure Mr. Kaufman knows as much, and I am not implying that he believes otherwise--but I do believe that he has understressed...
...worried that the Administration has done more than that. Even before laying down his opening marker, the President has moved significantly on Medicare, after successfully lambasting the Republicans as the enemies of old people in the last election. Clinton is also sounding flexible about Republican demands for a broader cut in the capital-gains tax. Is the Administration negotiating with itself, nervous Democrats wonder? What is it getting in return for the $14 billion it has offered to give up on Medicare? And what is the value of a deal if it leaves the President's party standing for nothing...
...says. "Not that I'm promoting a particular idea or anything. I believe in God, and I guess that's reflected in the movie, but that's about as far as it goes." A Judeo-Christian God? "I wouldn't go that far. My spiritual perspective, I think, is broader than the Judeo-Christian. But I hate to get into putting a label on it, because I think what I feel hasn't been labeled yet, at least not to my knowledge...
...Hall is the administration's local example of a halogen-induced fire, but surely we have all heard of other instances, not the least of which was the widely covered story of New York jazz musician Lionel Hampton whose apartment went aflame after his halogen tipped over. In the broader picture, the Consumer Product Safety Commission reports that halogens caused 100 fires and 10 deaths last year in this country...
Both the Hills and the Bolognas see the rent-control issue as part of a broader shift within Cambridge...