Word: widens
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...great literary contribution of his own; bit through his relentless campaign for increased intellectual freedom Yevtushenko has made, and will continue to make, an important contribution to he artistic achievements of others. He and his allies will suffer setbacks, as they did last spring, but each time they will widen the sphere of freedom little further...
Fear & Sex. "I see the mind of a five-year-old as a volcano with two vents, destructiveness and creativeness," writes Author Ashton-Warner. "To the extent that we widen the creative channel, we atrophy the destructive one." To achieve that requires an unconventional kind of teaching-not imposing education from the outside, thereby fostering frustration and aggressiveness, but inducing the child to reach out from inside himself...
...Chinese were ready to prolong the quarrel indefinitely. "If the differences cannot be resolved this year," said Peking blandly, "they can wait until next year." The Russians were less patient. They shot back an answering communiqué warning Peking that "the immediate future" will decide whether the split will widen. Then Moscow gave the Red Chinese-and the West-a pointed reminder. After all, said the Soviets, "we have a common enemy...
...more intent on destroying each other than the Portuguese. The Popular Movement for Liberation of Angola (M.P.L.A.) is led by smooth. Sorbonne-educated Mario Pinto de Andrade, 34, a mulatto whose backing comes mainly from other assimilados, the educated half-castes who have long had full Portuguese citizenship; to widen its appeal, however, an Angolan black, Poet Agostinho Neto, was recently made M.P.L.A.'s nominal leader. Andrade, who, like most of Salazar's foes, is often denounced as a Communist, is an astute politician and an able organizer. He has built a nationwide following among the mulatto elite...
...Chairman Chambers were both in trouble. Intense competition had brought a worldwide drop in chemical prices. Britain and the Common Market could not make up their minds about each other. And, acting more tigerish than usual, I.C.I, had pawed hungrily at another company and been seriously scratched itself. To widen its synthetic fiber business. I.C.I, bought heavily into smaller Courtaulds. Ltd. and touched off the biggest proxy fight in British history (TIME, March 23. 1962). Able to secure only 38.5% of Courtaulds stock, I.C.I. not only lost the battle but was generally criticized for grasping, un-British conduct. For Chambers...