Word: wider
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...During the election season, the point of a vice presidential running mate is not to set policy, but to increase the presidential candidate’s appeal in a wider election. In this regard, Rice is particularly helpful to Republicans. Rice has strong foreign policy and national security experience, and has never had to place a single vote in the U.S. Senate that would have positioned her opposite the Republican establishment. Consequently, she will appeal to a different Republican demographic than John McCain will. McCain is widely known as a maverick whose votes have not always aligned with most Republicans...
...devil is in the details” by professors who have spent their lives illuminating the many and varied stories that go towards forming the history of a region. In this, Harvard generally does an excellent job. The biggest challenge for academics is to get a wider hearing without diluting their message. It is also a responsibility that they pass onto their graduating students...
...Though routine maintenance work can way to stave off larger construction projects, the College should “expect that at some point, you may have to commit to a bigger period of time” to confront larger problems from a wider perspective, Dingman said last week...
While Alex Altman's article will one day be considered prophetic for its facts and truth, a wider context might be needed [May 26]. Harlem's gentrification is no different from the gentrification occurring all over New York City. From bodegas turned Starbucks in the East Village to the Disneyfication of Times Square, pushing out the old and ushering in the new has been transforming our neighborhoods. The perpetrators? Real estate developers, the politicians and residents who desire progress in our city and those who can afford to pay the high rents and prices. Sadly, the effect of this progress...
...with an arrogant personal style and erratic economic and foreign policies. While he still enjoys solid popular support, many Iranians bitterly complain that inflation and unemployment have left the economy in a shambles despite record oil revenues. Says commentator Azar Mansuri: "The gap between rich and poor has become wider. Criticism of the government is growing...