Word: broader
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...said that last night's debate "would probably serve as the basis for a broader, more public debate on welfare," to be held next month...
Ethnic studies would follow in the fine tradition of the Afro-American Studies department, although it would have a broader scope. Like the Afro-Am department, it would use the study of race and culture not only as a lens or methodology for examining America, but as an end in itself. Just as studying Black America is best served by a single department, ethnic studies should not be divided among various concentrations. Establishing an Ethnic Studies department is an essential step to attracting academic luminaries. Would Henry Louis Gates or Cornel West be at Harvard if not for an Afro...
...substantive content of the protest was contemptible--only an idiot or an unreconstructed hedonist would wish to smoke cannabis after being fully apprised of the drug's ill-effects. Yet perhaps its form--with its persistent challenges to authority and the status quo--represented a first step toward a broader social consciousness among college students. Even if the cause of cannabis is bankrupt, Mass-Can could still claim a bit of credit for raising the political consciousness of its followers...
...Henry Cabot Lodge and later of Averell Harriman, on whose staff he served at the Paris peace talks. Says U.S. Ambassador to India Frank Wisner, who worked with Holbrooke in Vietnam: "Dick has a passion for prominent people and an uncanny knack for figuring out their agendas." To get broader experience, Holbrooke left the Foreign Service to edit Foreign Policy magazine before rejoining the State Department as Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs in the Carter Administration. Moving to New York City after Ronald Reagan's 1980 election, he embellished his Establishment credentials by joining Lehman...
...Market Committee, which reviews monetary policy. Heavy selling in technology stocks hurt the Nasdaq composite, which finished the day down 7.24, falling to1046.15. The Dow Jones industrial average ended up 5.78 points at 4,769.93. The New York Stock Exchange composite was down slightly, 0.12 to 311.76. In the broader market, decliners led advancers 1335 to 891 on light trading of 269 million shares. The Standard & Poor's 500 Stocks was up 0.08 to 581.81. In London, gold closed at $382.95, down...