Word: encompasses
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Most observers believe the Supreme Court's ruling on Bakke, expected next year, will not be broad enough to encompass all reverse-discrimination cases. In last week's oral arguments, at least four Justices indicated that the case could be decided on narrow grounds, i.e., limited to Bakke alone. The case could be sent back to California courts because the record is inadequate (as a much argued over Justice Department brief urged), or the court might rule that a limited state or federal law governed the case. As Justice William Brennan reminded Attorney Colvin, "Ordinarily...
Social analysis courses would include "Principles of Economics," "Equality and Inequality," "Heredity and the Environment," while Moral Philosophy would encompass offerings like "Civil Rights and Constitutional Law," and "Theory and Practice of Democratic Government...
Groucho was the divine king of comedy, and his passing is disheartening to his fans. Your article was far too short to encompass his accomplishments or even to describe the joy he brought to millions. His impact will never be forgotten...
...these leaders have now unearthed 400 treaties on which they say the government has reneged. Together these agreements encompass 135 million acres which the leaders say should be in Indian hands. In the next decade, Americans will square with an unavoidable decision: whether to cede an appendage of the country and return it to those who cared for it long ago. For restoring this land to the Indian could do more than simply assuage the liberal guilt that many Americans feel towards Indians. It may return to the Indians what they justly--and perhaps legally--deserve...
...think it would encompass all those things...