Word: broads
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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That is the opinion of a broad array of scholars who said in interviews during the past two weeks that the Faculty of Arts and Sciences will see its strength fade in the years ahead unless the tenure process is made responsive to Dean A. Michael Spence's stated aim of increasing the rate of internal promotion...
Part of the reason for these "de-nationalized" races is that no major dilemmas are confronting the U.S. and galvanizing the electorate, no Viet Nam or Watergate, no nationwide economic bust or crisis of confidence. The lack of broad national themes might also explain why many politicians, hungry for hot issues, have exploited the war against drug abuse, farm woes or local concerns...
Regardless of the money issue, Question 1 is more than a question about taxes. At a debate over the referendum held at Boston University this week, the President of the National Organization for Women, Eleanor Smeal, emphasized the broad wording of the referendum as a threat to pro-choice voters. Smeal argued that if abortion is defined as the termination of pregnancy after fertilization, then Question 1 has ramifications for the availibility of birth control. The intrauterine device, morning-after medication and some of the low dose birth control pills work by preventing a fertilized egg from implanting...
...addition to its broad wording, the referendum is poorly worded and confusing. It reads...
Options faced by both winners and losers arethe subject of furtive conversations and carefullyhedged comments. Almost everyone has definiteplans for obtaining tickets, although the scope ofthose plans is as broad as the range of emotionalreactions to the lottery results...