Word: scopes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Howard said yesterday the scope of the prospective group would depend on the reaction of the student groups to the proposal when she meets with the groups next Monday...
Nowhere in official Washington does sentiment against the industry ride higher than in the U.S. Senate. There, a large number of Democrats-though still a Senate minority-are threatening to dismantle the major companies and drastically reduce their scope. Last week an impressive total of 40 Senators voted for a measure drafted by Michigan's Philip A. Hart and four other Democrats. They proposed to break up the 15 largest oil companies by forcing them to split off their crude-production activities from all other aspects of the business-refining, transportation, pipeline operations and marketing...
Others disagree, and strongly, while still recognizing the scope and concentration of Big Oil. A score of companies control 93.5% of U.S. oil production: eight of those control 63.8%. (Other industries, notably autos, aluminum and cigarettes, are even more concentrated...
What is impressively salvaged from this desultory evening is that an actress of imponderable scope and stature is now on the Broadway scene. Tovah Feldshuh has the delicacy of features of a Tanagra figurine. She is kinetic in presence, graceful in gesture and capable of igniting, as well as displaying, passion. Hers is a talent of exciting proportions...
...question of scale. Hester Street, about the lives of some Jewish immigrants in the New York of 1896, is what is commonly considered a "little movie." Specifically, this means a film made with little money, cast with unfamiliar actors and confined to a narrow scope. The customary response to little movies is the halfhearted, affectionate encouragement bestowed on a distant relative who wants to go into show business. Rather than making a virtue of its modesty, however, Hester Street trades on it. The movie demands to be liked for its good intentions...