Word: broads
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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WASHINGTON--Congress overrode President Reagan's veto of a major civil rights bill yesterday, ending a four-year battle to restore broad protection for women, minorities, the elderly and the handicapped...
...equivalent of hitting the broad side of a barn with a brick or catching a softball with a fish...
Important Japanese innovations cover a broad range of industries. A computerized automobile carburetor manufactured and patented by Nissan Motor was cited about 50 times in subsequent applications. Computer Horizons considers 50 follow-up citations an extraordinarily high number. Canon's patent for the optical disc, one form of which is the compact disc sold in record stores, was mentioned 56 times. An antibiotic developed by Takeda Chemical Industries earned more than 100 subsequent citations. Among recent advances, Hitachi has patented various processes for a higher-resolution TV, called IDTV, which produces a much sharper picture than conventional color TV. Some...
...goes the monk's balding pate, the scholar's red beard, the halfback's broad shoulders...
There is sound reason for that harsh assessment. Perhaps the most extraordinary thing about Bush's career has been his consistent failure to fashion an agenda of his own, to display a broad set of principles, to show imagination or initiative. It is an unsettling trait for a man who would be leader of the free world...