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...valuable, to the point, and necessary. She hits at the substance of middle-class self-deceit, not merely its forms... money, not "pressures," conformist lives, not conformist clothes or appliances. Fortunately, Hellman's skill is such that the power of the criticism serves to accelerate the pace and broaden the spirit of farce. And for all its commentary the play is invariably funny...
...fact, this is a highly sophisticated improvement on progressive education's old "project" method-an economical way to discover universals from particulars. Conversely, one E.S.I, group wants to broaden eighth-grade American history by including the entire North Atlantic community, showing the web of European rivalries and relationships that influenced the colonies. Also under way: new courses in the classics, grade school and high school social studies. "I wouldn't be surprised if within 18 months we had materials ready for testing in schools," says Historian Morison. It will be none too soon...
...Instructions. With its outlets established, Petrofina has decided to broaden operations. It wants to gather at least some of its own crude oil, now owns fields in the U.S., Canada and Angola and is prospecting in six other nations, including its native Belgium (where it numbers among its 85% Belgian stockholders the ubiquitous Société Générale de Belgique, chief owner of the Congo's Union Minière). It has also moved into petrochemicals, along with Union Carbide has opened a massive polyethylene plant at Antwerp to supply the Common Market...
Britain needed urgently to expand its markets and broaden its shaky financial base. Once inside Europe, British industry was confident that it could substantially boost exports to the Six. It also anticipated a heavy influx of investment capital from U.S. and other foreign companies eager to have a British toehold in the Common Market. If Britain were finally excluded from Europe, investment would continue to dwindle and Britain might be forced as a result to make drastic cuts in its living standards. Meanwhile, it may either retreat behind high tariff walls or else return to its classic ideal of free...
...addition to the expenditure reports, the law required that the candidates' committees identify the names and addresses of all people making campaign contributions of more than $25. No single contributor could give more than $3000 to any one campaign. This provision was designed to broaden the base of political support...