Word: widens
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...assertion that "there can be no just criticism of a political leader...without full reference to the political circumstances." This is really Hughes's theme: he says of the "open and receptive" George Humphrey, for instance, that the fact his vision of the world politics did not grow and widen "probably offers as much commentary on the political environment in which he found himself, as upon the individual." The Eisenhower ordeal has left Hughes much more impressed with the stupidity and viciousness of this country's "political environment" than depressed at Eisenhower's problematical missed opportunities. More precisely, Hughes considers...
...member of the six-man Commission, Griswold predicted that the withholding of funds might act as a lever to force Mississippi to end discrimination. Acknowledging that such action might widen the breach between the Southern state and the Federal Government, he declared that Mississippi could no longer ignore its responsibilities to the rest of the nation...
After six straight Los Angeles points narrowed the eastern division champs' lead to five points early in the final period, Bob Cousy and Sam Jones sparked a rally that made Boston fans comfortable again. The Lakers desperately fought back again, but Cousy sunk two quick field goals to widen the Celtics margin...
...reactions crept away. For this Pudding Show is fun, and more; it is showy, noisy, full of gaiety and brass. It is often witty. It is even a little socialistic, because the hero is the liberal Senator Hale N. Hardy, who has asked a troupe of Crimean dancers to widen the cultural scope of his native Booster (a not bad piece of Russian leaping and stomping gets going at the finish). Alas; the dancers, being ideologues, are not welcomed by Jordan Marsh (the wealthy fiance of Hardy's daughter, Wholsa) or by Pansy Pineherse (Hardy's old flame...
...practice, news is apt to be what an editor thinks his readers will be interested in, out of all that is going on. For some editors this means serving up mostly politics, sports, crime and a smattering of foreign troubles. TIME has spent its 40 years trying to widen the definition of what's interesting, and is pleased to find other editors now reporting the news in science, medicine, religion and education that was once so widely ignored. The more others do it. the more TIME is stimulated to try to do it better...