Word: broader
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...spring of 1969, student demonstrations grew more violent as Students for a Democratic Society achieved broader influence on campus...
...aesthetic of the male knee being a matter far too subtle for a mere movie reviewer to contemplate, he is left with broader, possibly less relevant, judgments to pass. Chief among them is this: Braveheart is too much, too late. Gibson, who directs himself in Randall Wallace's screenplay, starts with certain disadvantages vis-e-vis Rob Roy: Sir Walter Scott never wrote a novel about William Wallace, and no one named a cocktail after him either. Got a real name-recognition problem here. Got a real length problem too. Braveheart runs almost three hours, and though it's full...
...major shift of allegiances in the online world, NBC today said it would abandon its offerings on America Online and Prodigy to become anchor tenant of Microsoft's planned online network. The deal includes broader collaborations with the software giant on cable services, CD-ROMs and futuristic interactive TV. ButTIME San Francisco bureau chief David S. Jacksonsays its immediate impact is a validation of theMicrosoftNetwork, an online service that the firm plans to bundle with its Windows software as soon as August. "Though most analysts expected that Microsoft would propose an immediate and strong challenge to theestablished online services, their...
Stille's first book, Benevolence and Betrayal, was a gently empathetic account of Italian Jewry under Fascist rule, focused on the misfortunes of five families. Excellent Cadavers has a broader, bloodier scope, and at times readers may find themselves lost in a thicket of unfamiliar names. Stille clearly struggled to humanize his two heroes, whom he never met, and the book's last section, which describes the maxi-trial's political aftermath, seems rushed and scrappy. Excellent Cadavers, nonetheless, is a strong tale of a drama in progress: the Mafia may have been badly bruised...
Although professors spent most of yesterday's Faculty Meeting criticizing the Corporation's decision to reject their benefits recommendation, the broader issue of Faculty administration relations weighed heavily on the minds of both professors and administrators in attendance...