Word: broadens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...from bidding on federal contracts?an act that could spell bankruptcy for some defense contractors. Treasury Secretary William Simon last week pledged to make sure that companies do not treat bribes as honest business expenses, deductible from their taxable profits. He ordered the Internal Revenue Service to intensify and broaden its antibribery campaign...
...There are signs that the M.P.L.A. may be trying to broaden its base of international support, and even that it may be interested in establishing relations with Washington. Said M.P.L.A. Prime Minister Lopo do Nasciamento last week: "Our movement has been widely misunderstood in the West. We want and need cordial contacts with the West to develop our country...
Managing a modern corporation has put an increasing strain on the time, skills and knowledge of the chief executive. As corporate complexities multiply, more companies are turning to a management setup that attempts to broaden corporate leadership by drastically altering the traditional chain of command. Instead of one man at the pinnacle, the companies are creating the so-called "office of the chairman," which is composed of three, four or even five top officers who share responsibility for running the company and transform the old method of solitary decision making into a kind of group think. Last week the idea...
...County Armagh for one reason only-there is no way it can leave without creating a storm in the House of Commons." Just as the U.S. Army learned in Viet Nam, the military's very presence in the area has helped to alienate local residents and broaden support for "the enemy." Says Paddy Short, a ruddy-faced bartender in one of Crossmaglen's pubs: "They're an army of occupation and we're an occupied country. We're not pro I.R.A., we're just anti-British. We hate them, and nothing is going...
...THERE be more documentaries like this one, and even greater attempts to broaden the women's movement. The demise of the ERA in New York and New Jersey this fall proved that, to a certain extent, the forces of the women's movement have isolated themselves behind upper-middle class goals and rhetoric. The promoters of the ERA--mostly well-off, independent women--made a pathetic stab at communicating with women whose economic status, life-style and roles differed from their own. And Woman to Woman demonstrates how patently absurd this schism...