Word: broads
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Knowledge and information are important resources in a modern technological society. The management of these resources, especially by government, has far-reaching implications for the quality and character of national life. In the United States the flow of information and ideas is accorded broad protection by the First Amendment to the Constitution, which recognizes that open communication is fundamental to self-government, indispensible to social and economic progress, and essential to scientific inquiry and creative expression. In that spirit, higher education in America is built on a tradition of academic freedom that encourages unfettered inquiry and free exchange of information...
Changes in government policy relating to the flow of information in the United States have been shaped by several broad themes at the federal level during the last decades...
...long-term security needs of the United States depend on rapid technological development, which is not possible if broad communication restrictions are in place," the report says...
...particular villian of the report, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), used paperwork reduction laws to "conduct a broad and ongoing review of agency judgements about what information should be gathered and made available to the public," Shattuck and Spence charge...
Consequently, I don't think "broad-minded" Harvard did us or the country any favors with the Job Fair. It looks to me as though the college wants to service a narow segment of the economy and ignore everything else...