Word: encompass
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...after the meeting, May 4, they were scheduled to sign an accord laying out the terms by which the P.L.O. will take charge of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank area around Jericho, at long last commencing an experiment in self-government that eventually is to encompass the whole of the West Bank. For the P.L.O., testing time has arrived. By week's end the organization should have begun exercising power, though limited, for the first time ever in the Palestinian homeland...
...third commentary to the guideline adds that "though appropriately broad on a university campus, the right of free expression does not encompass a right to engage in abusive or intimidating conduct...
...draft, committee members wrote that "the right of free expression does not encompass a right to engage in abusive or intimidating conduct." The proposal prohibits speech that a "reasonable person" would find "physically intimidating" or "creating...a seriously offensive working or educational environment at Harvard Law School...
...process of redistricting must change. No political party's leadership should be able to stack the deck in its own favor. The redrawing of the political map must be achieved impartially. The Bureau of the Census can do the job. Districts should 1) encompass populations of roughly similar sizes within each state, 2) be contiguous and "star-shaped" (a line can be drawn from the center to any point on the border without exiting the district), 3) respect town borders whenever possible and 4) be drawn with the same basic criteria in every state...
...research conducted by most Harvardscientists does not encompass such localizedproblems...