Word: wide
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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What the Kennedys have always been very good at is piling up huge majorities for themselves in state-wide elections. All Robert Kennedy's failures in New York will mean nothing next to the margin he will amass in winning re-election in 1970--something like two million votes. All Presidential Candidate Kennedy needs from his "home base" is its convention votes, plus evidence of his personal vote-getting ability. Robert Kennedy should find it possible to travel the road to the White House without ever learning his way around the crooked back hallways of Albany...
...directing these diverse activities requires a man with an equally wide range of experience, and Revelle is a distinguished natural scientist as well as an experienced administrator. A former oceanographer and director of the Scripps Institute for Oceanography, he was honored by the National Academy of Sciences in 1964 for "Outstanding Contributions to Oceanography." The same year he became Dean of Research at the University of California. As science advisor to Secretary of the Interior Stuart Udall in 1962, he served as chairman of the Pakistan Project, which conducted a general review of the agricultural conditions in West Pakistan. Also...
Leary, whose work with hallucinogenic drugs like LSD, marijuana and psilocybin has received wide publicity, last week by a federal court jury in Laredo, Texas and found guilty of transporting and failing to pay tax on half an ounce of marijuana...
...often it is said of Charles Munch, beloved as he is, that "he does well only in French music." Friday's contert clearly belied this cruel simplification. Choosing three of his favorite works--by Elgar, Martinu, and Saint-Saens, Munch displayed powers of drama and orchestral coloring over a wide variety of material. The Boston Symphony responded to his return like a faithful wife, recovering a zeal and devotion long thought destroyed...
...eight residential Houses are similar; they all have just about the same mix of scholastic ability, athletic prowess, social and geographical background, and political, literary, musical, or artistic commitment. Each has a Master, Senior Tutor, and staff who work hard to make their House of focal point for a wide varsity of intellectual and social activities. All participate, with intermittent success, in intramural athletics and have some representation on the varsity teams. All are overcrowded, and the frequency of complaints about the food is about the same everywhere; and although the rooms differ somewhat, there is no unanimity...