Word: widens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...President and people outside Government who have diverse views, experience and background. The concept is much in keeping with the open-door policy that Ford established for his presidency and that has been criticized by some as too timeconsuming. But Ford's recognition of the need to widen the horizons that bounded his 25 years in Congress-and his willingness to listen to other sides-is commendable...
...dollars put in plates. But over all, the National Council of Churches reported in mid-November, the income of 41 Protestant denominations with 46 million members rose 7.7% in 1973 while the buying power of those dollars dropped 9.6%; the gap between collections and inflation will probably widen this year. The Lutheran Church in America, troubled by high interest rates on mortgage loans, has imposed a moratorium on purchasing sites and building new churches. Despite a large rise in costs, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association will take in some $20 million this year, just even with 1973. It may have...
From the start, Rabin had tried to widen his political base hi the Knesset. By the end of October, he was able to win over the National Religious Party -without compromising any of the principles of the government platform that the Religious Party had rejected last spring. This gave Rabin a somewhat more comfortable margin of eight seats in the Knesset and strengthened him enough to announce the stern measures of the economic "shock treatment" by which he hopes to resuscitate the Israeli economy (TIME, Nov. 25). Whether it also strengthened him sufficiently to be able to make any significant...
...plan requires the publication of job descriptions prior to new appointments to non-teaching posts, in order to widen the pool of applicants--especially minorities and women--for jobs...
Harvard's affirmative action plan requires the publication of job descriptions before any new appointments to non-teaching positions, in order to widen the pool of potential applicants--especially minorities and women--for jobs...