Word: broader
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...board has a unique position in that it is able to track departments over time and get a broader view of where they have been and where they need to go, she said...
...Kahler points out, I think we took our country's economic prosperity for granted. We had lots of plans, or no plans at all, on graduation day, but I don't remember anyone worrying about money. Our goals were higher, broader, shinier (and oh yes, we were young...
...Iceman. Governor Pete Wilson of California could have had the job if he hadn't run against Dole last year and in the process sent his own statewide poll ratings plunging to the mid 30s (a Wilson spokesman insists his boss's popularity is actually broader). At 62, Wilson is now looking toward 2000, as he demonstrated two weeks ago when, instead of supporting the Dole position, he repeated his opposition to the antiabortion plank in the party platform. Though Dole and Wilson (and their wives) were once close, the Senator now finds the Governor occasionally confusing. Wilson recently took...
Clinton is more willing to let corporations figure it out themselves. His argument is that in an era of fast technological change and slimmer government, business will profit by embracing a broader mission. In a speech at Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio, last March, the President said, "What is the role of business in this new era? It should, first and foremost, do well, make money so you can hire people and contribute. But it should, whenever possible, do well in a way that strengthens families and grows the middle class...
...Says Milton Moskowitz, a longtime tracker of corporate behavior and co-author of 100 Best Places to Work in America: "There are a lot more 'good' companies. Originally, way back, corporate responsibility had to do with an external commitment to the community and philanthropic contributions. Now it's even broader." Says Craig Smith, president of Corporate Citizen, a watchdog group in Seattle: "There has been a dramatic shift. It's less about how much money a company gives and more about whether a company offers its intellectual capacities, its technology, and develops programs that focus on what...