Word: encompass
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...University officials, he is the consummate administrator: thoughtful, fair, coolheaded and decisive. They say those qualities have shone through in Steiner's 12 years as general counsel to the University, a post which during Steiner's reign has grown to encompass labor, personnel and police issues in addition to legal concerns. And they expect equally satisfying results from Steiner in his new capacity as vice president and general counsel, a promotion President Bok announced last week...
...take on the raiment of authority. Looking back now, we see that there was no one else who could have played Tom Joad, no one else who could do what Fonda did-drain the sentiment and literariness out of that speech with his drawling directness and, in the process, encompass some of what is best in the American character...
Your report on the poll of West Bank Arabs states that "only 59% agree with the P.L.O. that a Palestinian state should encompass 'all of Palestine.' " This is a euphemism for the elimination of Israel. In view of this attitude, Israel's willingness to grant even limited autonomy to those 59% must be considered generous...
...strategy for the alliance would be a wise move, especially from the point of view of integrating it with a strategy for the pursuit of arms control and disarmament that would be in consonance with deeply felt and real needs of our time. A revision of NATO strategy should encompass the objectives of reducing our dependence on nuclear weapons in an overall sense and on reducing pressures for early use of nuclear weapons in particular...
Stepping up recruitment of working class students--one possible solution to the problem--could prove difficult because working-class students still lack an "established focus" at Harvard. Fitzsimmons said. But he added that the admissions staff will try to restructure next fall's recruiting trips to encompass more schools with many working class students, and will distribute a new booklet called "How to Finance a Harvard-Radcliffe Education...