Word: wide
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Talk is a favorite pastime, and he soaks up a wide diversity of books, including mysteries; he recently gave away more than 1,000 paperback whodunits to make room for new arrivals. He is an occasional player in an elite poker game often attended by Scalia and Chief Justice of the U.S. William Rehnquist. "He is serious when it comes to his work, which is serious," says Bork's friend, Washington Lawyer Leonard Garment. "He is a merry man when it comes to the general business of life. He is the antithesis of a stuffed judicial robe...
According to this view, junior NSC officers, prominently including a specialist in counterterrorism named Oliver North, were given wide authority to call on all branches of the military and intelligence communities for assistance, with no questions asked. The officers were told to use their ! imagination and to try unorthodox methods...
...crisis, an assignment that few took seriously in a system dominated by presidential authority. Kim Young Sam, for example, insisted on meeting with Chun and pointedly refused to deal with his designated successor. But Roh began holding talks with lower-ranking members of the opposition, as well as a wide range of other South Koreans. Roh says he did not convey his momentous conclusion to Chun before going public with it on Monday. Longtime observers of the South Korean political scene, however, find that contention hard to believe. Says a Western diplomat in Seoul: "In an Asian culture such...
...most ludicrous things about it is that the field is 50 yards long and 26 yards wide. The field is just a little longer that a carpeted hockey rink...
Schiff Professor of Investment Banking Samuel L. Hayes III said Baldwin's appointment will bring a wide-ranging young talent to the faculty, and relects the School's commitment to increasing the presence of women professors...