Word: wider
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...ideas, even if imperfectly executed, are good. Freeing wonderful music from relative obscurity is certainly an admirable goal—none of the pieces recorded here rank among Ellington’s best-known works, and they certainly deserve wider exposure. But good intentions don’t always make the best music. The philosophizing, orchestrating, and conducting aren’t enough to sink this album, but they’re plenty reason to make a listener wish that Stefon Harris would stick to what he does best: playing the vibes...
...disgusting" and promised a full inquiry. Of the six soldiers identified so far, four have already completed their service. The others were suspended late last week. All may face investigation for desecration of human remains, a crime in Germany. The photos have helped spark a debate about Germany's wider role in the world as well. As (bad) luck would have it, the first set appeared on the same day that the German Defense Ministry unveiled a security report that argued its military should bolster its presence overseas to levels not seen since World War II to address emerging threats...
...political spectrum—from the Student Labor Action Movement (SLAM) on the left to Harvard Right to Life (HRL) on the right—campus activists hold unrealistic goals and use tactics that are poorly designed and alienating to those who might otherwise support them. Activists would gain wider acceptance and would be far more effective if they were more reasonable and pragmatic...
...Harvard’s painting] is in some ways improved upon in that the eyes are opened wider, the lips smile more, the shape of the ear is changed, and an extra hair swirl is added above the temple. This is just the sort of thing a copyist often does,” she wrote...
...result is something to eat. I am impatiently waiting for the Gastrovac to go into mass production. Suzanne Dokolas Athens Re "Nuclear implosion," on how traditional family structures are giving way to new, improvised setups: a patchwork of competing cultural factors is prompting European families to adopt a wider variety of living situations. In rural Catholic regions, e.g., Pope Benedict XVI's birthplace in Bavaria, people still appreciate traditional gender roles: men make money, while women stick to kids and kitchen. But Western egocentrism invites young couples to reduce family to a meager dinks model (double income, no kids...