Word: broads
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...self-inflicted generators of will-o-wisps, video games symbolize and intensify our collective hallucinations. In a republic pasted together from factions, only the lowest common denominators can supply the glue, so the delusion runs. Video games exist to make money for their owners; their appeal made as broad and base as possible. Ironically, the simple pictures that glare so phosphorescently will sponsor only further fragmentation, not greater unity...
...film's formulaic approach precludes adequate treatment of any deeper issues: the need to be sensational in order to sell papers; the importance of a broad interpretation of the First Amendment, even with the danger that the power of free speech will occasionally be misused; the protection of journalistic sources versus protection of the public. Designed solely to pit the ordinary guy against the villains of organized power, both journalists and government bureaucrats, the movie discards any subtlety that might undermine the clarity of the message...
Federal conflict of interest regulations, formulated in 1965, are very broad and merely require that officials avoid actions that "might result in or create the appearance of using public office for private gain." Says CIA General Counsel Stanley Sporkin: "There is no requirement that I know of for Casey to put his holdings in a blind trust." New York Democratic Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan offered a more backhanded defense, scoffing: "I would like to think that you could make a killing in the stock market just having the information the CIA does, but they know about as much as Forbes...
...idea is to hold small-scale joint maneuvers and preposition some medical and other supplies in Israel for possible future use by the U.S. Rapid Deployment Force. The Israelis want a more far-reaching agreement on joint military action. Complained a senior U.S. official: "Their general approach is so broad and sweeping that it is open to wrong interpretations by the Arab nations. It's just not realistic...
...Soviet Screwtape writes about listless and corrupt clergy in minute details that could only have been gleaned from a broad network of informants. The aging Archbishop of Stavropol (who died shortly after the report was written) receives special mention because his sermons are "quite brief and not very impressive." In prose more typical of anticlerical Russian folk tales, there are accounts of priests "possessed by profane passions," or who use foul language and drink excessively...