Word: broads
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...turn Baker's nine-country, 12-day journey into a whirling success. No leader told Baker to get lost, but none gave him a good reason to stick around either. Journalists on the trip dubbed Baker the "Secretary of Stealth" for refusing to outline his overall strategy. But his broad goals are clear. He is trying to convene a conference under whose umbrella Israel would talk directly to Syria, Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon. Also present would be Palestinian representatives, seeking to enhance their political power in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip. If the Palestinians could be satisfied...
...education" and the boldest education initiative ever to come from the White House. If not a turning point, America 2000 is at least a talking point that forces attention on one of the country's most serious problems. After his lackluster domestic performance to date, Bush intends to push broad educational changes through the power of the Federal Government and the clout of new Education Secretary Lamar Alexander...
Midway through the fourth inning last Thursday, the home team was behind 16-0, and the restless opening-day crowd began to leave their seats. Rather than rushing to beat the traffic home, they set out on sightseeing tours along the broad concourses ringing the field. It was an epic day, the unveiling of the new Comiskey Park, and Chicago White Sox fans were ready to gawk. The splendor of the grass, the picture-perfect sight lines from the lower deck and the allure of the sun-speckled bleachers all trumpeted that this was a park made for baseball. Before...
...article titled "the Big Lie." (April 13) With a touch of pompous conservatism, I must say that you, Mr. Gordon, have gone far to help me understand why the word "liberal" has gained such bad connotations in the past few years. Your article had a disturbing tendency to substitute broad generalities, extreme statements and unqualified rhetoric for reasoned argument...
...fundamentalist," declared Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif last week, but that did not stop him from introducing broad legislation to make strict Islamic law, or Shari'a, the "supreme law of Pakistan." Addressing a joint session of Pakistan's Senate and National Assembly, Nawaz Sharif outlined a legislative package that includes changes in the education and judicial systems and the restructuring of the economy along Islamic lines. The proposed legislation fulfills Nawaz Sharif's election promise to the small but powerful Islamic parties that helped him defeat Benazir Bhutto last October...