Word: wide
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...coverage from the airport. But this is Campaign '88, in which the strength of a presidential candidate's political machine is closely tied to the sophistication of his technological tools. This year's race involves an oversize field of candidates who are scrambling to gain recognition across a wide geographic swath in just a few weeks. That puts a premium on any technology that will increase a campaign's reach -- even if it leaves less time for pressing flesh and kissing babies...
...vote delighted members of the Liberal Party, which approved the merger three weeks ago. Liberal Party Leader David Steel said the wide margin of approval "means that both parties can go forward together not just with confidence but with enthusiasm." Robert Maclennan, who succeeded Owen as head of the Social Democrats, declared that the newly formed party "has a great opportunity to take British politics out of the straitjacket of Conservative dominance...
...recent years the Captain has unearthed a deep-seated longing for friends whose existences he used to think of merely as loose satellites to his own. Now he writes to them, phones at regular intervals, actively seeks their company. Old friends are Chaucerian, the Captain declares; the tolerance is wide, the ironies gentle. No gassed-up urgencies, no panic, no competitiveness. You stand with them shoulder to shoulder as on deck, looking out at a time that you at once control and do not control, hearing the footsteps of the young gaining ground while you go about the business...
LaVigne was cut from his position as a pusher on the alternate sled two weeks ago and replaced by Chicago Bears wide receiver Willie Gault. Although the Olympic coaches have said that Gault made the sledding team strictly on the basis of his better push times, LaVigne has contended that he was cut unfairly and was the victim of a "political" maneuver designed to bring the sport badly-needed publicity...
Last spring, several undergraduate organizations led by divestment activists conducted a campus-wide petition drive to insist that the University's chief governing body hold an open meeting between students and Corporation members. The even-man body rejected the request but agreed to a closed meeting with a select group of council members and house committee chairmen...