Word: widespread
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...publishing course boasts a 96 percent job placement rate and widespread recognition among publishers, says Director Lindy A. Hess...
When seeking a job from another Harvard graduate, alumni say, you're better off relying on the widespread respect accorded the Harvard name than seeking a special deal out of your common connection to the University...
...disclosure requirements to the organizations that air these advertisements in the last 60 days before an election. While some criticize these restrictions as unconstitutional, the Supreme Court has already set wise limits on campaign reform laws that protect the interests of free speech while allowing Congress to stem widespread corruption...
...taxpayer dollars to proselytize is almost the definition of the "establishment of religion" prohibited in the Bill of Rights. These groups would be unable to transmit their religious message with public funds--meaning that something as simple as a blessing before meals could turn into an ugly lawsuit. Widespread federal involvement in religious charities could gut the charities of all religious meaning and destroy the original purpose of the programs...
Authorities are blaming the blast on Chechen separatists dispatched from near the Dagestan border. In response, Moscow law enforcement agencies are carrying out a widespread search among the city?s Chechen population for signs of terrorist activity. They claim to be looking for a two-ton consignment of explosives transported to the capital in sugar bags, and have arrested more than 20 people on suspicion of involvement in terrorism. "But the bombing reveals a lot of what?s wrong in Russia today," says Meier. "The terrorists are suspected of using locally manufactured high-grade plastic explosives, which would imply that...