In recent elections, the DCCC has played an expansive role in supporting Democratic candidates with independently produced TV ads and mail pieces.

A member of our faculty since 1973, John played an active and expansive role in the life of our community as physician, teacher and administrator.

Recalling the dinner, Mr. Guenther said they were once again "captivated by his broad vision" of the expansive role he could have in New York.

During the late 1970s and early 1980s, economic reforms called for an expansive role for government, and little attention was paid to administrative law.

They have little patience for libertarians, and they have a relatively expansive role for the federal government in their policies.

"Fundamentally, Chad returned kicks and that's all he did," Steinberg said of Morton's season in 2002, "and what he's been looking for is a more expansive role."

What began as an informal means of sharing the distribution of posts for General Assembly committees has taken on a much more expansive role.

Brits has now returned to play his usual, expansive role with Saracens and is regarded by many as the finest hooker in world rugby.

The Kurdish leader said that in both cases, Mr. Khalilzad had sided with Shiite leaders in backing a more expansive role for Islam.

Most of the day - with the exception of lunch, where officials said the conversation reverted to Kosovo - was spent hammering out language on an expansive role for the alliance.