Word: wide
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...approach when he heard the executive director of the project. MII professor Lawrence Susskind speak at a Kennedy School conference for newly elected mayors. He has said the concept interested him because as a new mayor it would allow him to work with a large constituency and study a wide range of issues simultaneously...
Warner and musical director Richard Shore incorporate a wide range of musical styles in the production--from Cole Porter to Rogers and Hammerstein, to Vangelis. The music works surprisingly well, illuminating a particular mood, heightening or relieving the tension of a particular scene, but is most effective as a means of drawing out the opposition between theatre-as-entertainment and theatre-as-human drama. The two extremes complement one another, the theatrical play creating something positive from the tragic experiences Wedekind presents...
That prospect has led a wide range of political and religious groups to band together in opposition to the government. In an effort to reassure Sudan's principal backers, Egypt and the U.S., that it is not seeking a leftist revolution, the opposition is proposing to set up a secular democracy that would be overseen by a triumvirate during its first five transitional years. "It is no longer a struggle between the Christian and pagan south [of Sudan] and the Muslim north," observes one of the President's opponents. "It is now a struggle between all political groups...
...star came the other half of the way to meet them, celebrating the cars' reappearance after a two-year, $60 million restoration job. Tony Bennett, 57, his heart still in his throat, on his sleeve and in San Francisco simultaneously, helped Mayor Dianne Feinstein, 51, lead a city wide festival marking the official reopening of the system. "One of the great treats in life is to ride on a cable car," burbled Bennett. "The whole world has been waiting for this day." As church bells rang and thousands of balloons bobbed in the wind, Bennett obligingly belted...
Hall comes to Harvard with 20 years of experience in a "rapidly growing field that is of vital importance to the University," said Robert Scott, vice president for administration. Scott added that Hall's training covers a wide range of information techaology areas including finances, networking, engineering, research, and instruction...