Word: broader
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...guidelines require that sting targets show a predisposition to commit a crime before an undercover operation begins. In this case, that may not be hard to prove. According to Justice Department officials, the kidney-stone machine sting is just a small part of a much broader investigation into widespread corruption at NASA. "There are major players and a lot of big dollars involved -- big dollars," says a law-enforcement source. Another source familiar with the case goes even further. "This is the biggest thing since Ill Wind," he says. Operation Ill Wind was the code name for the vast Pentagon...
...solving this problem is a tricky affair. One option is simply to eliminate regional tax rate discrepancies by eliminating local rights of taxation in favor of broader federal levies. Localities and states would rely, in turn, on federal grants instead of local taxes. Certainly, tax abatement fever would subside, as localities would have little to give away...
Labor experts say unions now have their best chance in years to score broader gains. Paula Voos, who teaches industrial relations at the University of Wisconsin, cites recent polls showing that up to 40% of nonunion workers say union representation would improve their lot. "It's not a majority, certainly, but it still represents millions of workers," Voos says. Dawn Kowalski, a machine operator at a Pilot Industries auto-parts plant in Dexter, Michigan, is one of them. Hoping to win higher wages and better conditions, she plans to vote to join the United Auto Workers at an in-plant...
...legal argument regarding federal powers was resolved long ago. Programs like Roosevelt's New Deal and Johnson's Great Society are not explicitly permitted anywhere in the Constitution, but the broader goals of "promoting the general welfare" imply their right to exist. Organizations like the National Rifle Association are fighting on the side of a battle that was lost in antebellum America...
...wish I could say the debate just involves a few kooks," says Stephen Ceci, a Cornell University developmental psychologist who is a member of the American Psychological Association's work group. "It's much broader than that, happening among the cream of the crop of psychiatrists and clinical psychologists." The battle could not have come at a worse time, says Ceci; some professionals are currently pushing for increased coverage of mental health in the President's proposed national health plan. "It's not a good time for us to be airing our dirty laundry...