Word: far-flung
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...though the Soviet Union were too sprawling for its own good, too diverse to take care of itself without hurting itself, or as though none of those gods or prophets in whom its people believe?particularly Marx?had intended for so heterogeneous and far-flung a swath of humanity and real estate...
...machine that unloads boxcars at ports. Because Charter is known for eclectic holdings, the company daily receives proposals for ventures that range from Montana gold mines to biorhythm techniques. Mason is considering "four or five" more new deals, including buying a railroad. Stock analysts fear that some of these far-flung adventures could cause the company to stumble again, as it did in 1975. But for now the high price of oil is paying for additions to the Charter conglomerate...
From the Hunts' far-flung oil and gas leases round the world to Brother Lamar's Rolex watch and even Hunt family office equipment, cattle feeders and watercoolers, nothing escaped the attentive and appraising eye of the bankers. Explained one banker in the style of his trade: "When you've got someone over a barrel, you grab everything...
ARNOLD C. HARBERGER made a name for himself doing cost-benefit analyses of development projects in such far-flung places as Chile and Columbia, Uruguay and Bolivia, Panama and Mexico. He has written dozens of articles and a book, Project Evaluation, which explain how to calculate rationally the pluses and minuses of development projects...
...Marxist unfamiliar with the "humanist" ideas of Marxism, this "reinvigoration" of Marxist ideals does not make sense. To the Marxist, it may even appear to be an insult. Watered-down Marxism does not go over big in any strata of society; this apparent attempt by Lader to reconcile the far-flung members of the various Leftist organizations by uniting them under one big almost-Marx ideological myth dilutes an otherwise coherent and informatuve treatise...