Word: extended
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...doubts about Jerry Brown go beyond just the issue of the true meaning of his philosophy. They extend to the issue of his substance. What would a man who talks about limits and who refuses to live in the gubernatorial mansion or ride in the gubernatorial limousine do as President? His government of limited action in California may provide some clue. Also subject to concern among liberals is his foreign policy--or whether Jerry Brown even has a foreign policy. Asked during the 1976 campaign what a President Brown's foreign policy would be, Brown replied, "Clarity of thought...
...with the Socialists that would leave the Gaullists out in the cold. The President, in fact, had been hoping to create a broad centrist coalition stretching from moderate left to moderate right. In his speech, he denied having engaged in "obscure maneuvers." He declared: "Our efforts must be to extend, and I say clearly extend, the present [center-right] majority. The larger the crew, the farther the ship will go." The speech surely battered chances for any sort of center-left deal after the election, which means that Giscard will really need all the crewmen he can muster -including...
...Wednesday is a movable fast, and in 1978 it arrives early, on Feb. 8. So Münchner decided to extend the saturnalia into Lent. Churchmen were outraged. The office of the Archbishop of Munich protested that while the church appreciated "the joy of living" expressed in Fasching, it considered the prolongation "totally objectionable." Fumed one priest: "Ash Wednesday is a religious symbol that needs to be preserved even if it hurts business." So much for symbolism. Munich's Fasching organizers canceled masquerades after Ash Wednesday. But other balls and celebrations will go on until March 5, just three...
...approximately $500 million project to extend the subway's Red Line to the Alewife Brook parkway, by way of Davis Square and Porter Square. The federal Department of Transportation will fund 80 per cent of the effort...
...MBTA hopes eventually to extend the red line beyond Alewife Brook to Arlington Center and Arlington Heights, but the federal Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA) has not yet approved that project. The UMTA has asked the MBTA to "re-study lower cost alternatives" to a subway extension into Arlington...