Word: broader
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...think of no one better qualified to explore the complex interaction between those who govern, those who record and explain what government does and the broader citizenry," Kennedy School Dean Joseph S. Nye Jr. told the Gazette...
When I was a kid, my ethnicity--I was born in the United States to Chinese parents--made me "Chinese." Later, that label gave way to the broader category of "Oriental." At some point during high school I was abruptly informed (by a white friend) that "Oriental" was now a racist term and that I would heretofore be known as "Asian." College brought the all-important addition of "American," so that I am now "Asian-American," or, if one really wants to split hairs, "Asian American" (the hyphen, to some, indicates an undesirable hierarchy or dualism...
After the EEOC investigators interviewed more than 100 current and former female employees of M.M.M.A., the commission in May 1994 declared that the evidence available and the lack of a significant response by the company were just cause for a "commissioner's charge." This gave it broader powers of subpoena, access to the plant and the right to interview employees privately. Arriving at the plant, the EEOC team was astounded to find that the company seemed unconcerned. No one had even bothered to remove the widespread sexual graffiti...
...dispute the authors' portrayal of Hezbollah as an organization dedicated only to freeing Southern Lebanon from Israeli occupation. Hezbollah is a violent organization which denies Israel's basic right to exist. Funded by Iran and at least tolerated by Syria, Hezbollah is a major player in a much broader struggle against the existence of Israel and must be treated as such. The history of Israel's involvement in Lebanon is long and complicated. Israel does not occupy the security zone in Southern Lebanon out of territorial ambition. The zone is a temporary buffer against a realistic fear of rocket attacks...
...said that if students were happy with the proposal then she would endorse it, but school officials "should not lose sight of the broader discrimination by the military...