Word: extends
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Fallows also senses that he has broken down some of Carter's reserve. "He's very slow to extend trust, and I feel he's extended some tentacles of it towards me. As far as an inner circle would imply somebody who is called in and asked 'Well, Jim, what do you think about the way the campaign's going,' that's not the case...
...general, have attained an above average standard of living. The barriers to equality which did indeed exist in the past for this group have largely vanished. That the Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare fails to recognize this change in circumstances is little reason for Harvard to extend the subscription to archaic definitions for the mere sake of bureaucratic consistency. And to insist on special considerations for a group solely because it is a distinguishable minority intimates a new brand of prejudice...
Schools at all levels, including the universities, have traditionally been the sanctioned purveyers of accepted realities: their task is to continue and extend the job that begins at home, of teaching the young person what she or he shall or shall not accept as real. To quote from Castaneda's Journey to Ixtlan...
...Radcliffe tennis team hopes to extend its winning streak to two games against Tufts this Thursday...
...abuses of patronage extend even beyond this wholesale job distribution and discrimination. Often unnecessary job titles are created when more patronage is needed. Many city workers have been found working other jobs, or more frequently, laboring at the party offices, while supposedly occupying a desk in City Hall. And this month extended sick leave (with pay) will be awarded to deserving city workers needed to campaign for the Democratic ticket...