Word: broads
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...while the West has bloomed on the river's bounty, exploding populations and a prolonged drought have had an ominous effect on the Colorado itself. The river that used to surge into the Gulf of California, depositing ruddy-colored silt that fanned out into a broad delta of new land at its mouth, hardly ever makes it to the sea anymore. The once mighty Colorado fizzles into a trickle, its last traces evaporating in the heat of the Mexican desert...
Many of the details are still hazy, but the broad elements of this unprecedented John and Jane Doe convention are in place. The pivotal moment will come in December, when about 600 randomly selected adult Americans will be told they have won the political lottery and are delegates to the National Issues Convention. Will they agree to put aside their normal lives for a weekend and fly all-expenses-paid to Austin? Fishkin is optimistic. "What you're offering these people is three days on national TV, a chance to meet the candidates, a chance to make history, a sunny...
Despite this legacy, minorities now share in the game's broad popularity. On Southern California's public links, typically up to one-third of the players are black or Hispanic. At the Riviera Country Club in Los Angeles, where the initiation fee is $60,000, general manager Bill Masse says one-fifth of the 1,500 members are black, Hispanic, Asian or of Middle Eastern descent. Admission procedures are as Old Guard as at any all-white club: an applicant must be sponsored by six members who have known him or her for three years. Says Masse: "We admitted...
...better reflect current nutritional knowledge, the USDA began redrawing the chart three years ago. The result: the "eating-right pyramid." While the new guide keeps the basic four food groups, it dramatically shifts the dietary balance. Cereals and grains, fruits and vegetables are stressed by being placed in the broad lower area of the pyramid; meat and dairy products occupy a narrower upper portion; and fats and sweets are consigned to the "use sparingly...
...primary reason youngsters need to study multiple cultures is to learn how to develop multiple perspectives. This capacity is essential to developing intelligence. We have, I hope, elevated the question from a political debate concerning whose history to teach to the question of how to enable youngsters to use broad, often conflicting bodies of information to arrive at sound judgments...