Word: broading
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...specified amount. The bank charges 3 1/2? per deduction, and the balance is forwarded to the contributor's party. Regular "stockholder reports" will be published tallying how much money was received from the plan and how it was spent. Most politicians think the checkoff system will have broad appeal, attracting a large number of small contributions (expected to range from 50? to $5). One major drawback: the donations are not taxdeductible...
Trudeau certainly ranks among the world's more interesting heads of government. Though of considerable intellect, he is a thoroughly unstuffy man who, when asked by a pretty young Trudeau-bopper for a kiss, can respond: "Why not? It's spring." A broad-minded and cultured member of academe, he also canoes, exhibits championship-caliber diving, practices yoga, loves driving fast cars and, as a bachelor, can command the company of beautiful women. A serious political thinker with some unusual views of Canada's future, he has nonetheless answered hecklers with an impudent "so's your...
...single place embodies that search as vividly as Colonial Williamsburg, the painstakingly restored former capital of England's oldest and most prosperous colony in North America. It sits on a broad ridge between Virginia's James and York rivers, ten miles from Jamestown and 13 miles from Yorktown...
Estimating population trends is one of the most critical points for both Government and business, since this involves broad questions of social needs and consumer demand. Even at the height of the population explosion, the U.S. population rate was one thing that forecasters were able to project pretty well. Now, with the advent of the pill, economists may find it more difficult to plot future family formations accurately until a new pattern is established. And it is perfectly possible that pill makers may yet underestimate demand for their product...
...Picking a good horse," insists Stanley Dancer, 40, "is like picking a good girl friend. You look for soundness of legs and stance, broad chest and rear end, good shoulders and ears." Chacun a son gout, but as long as he sticks to picking horses Dancer (not to be confused with such animal namesakes...