As the immediate response turned into the broader, ill-defined "Global War on Terror" -- the Pentagon even issued a GWOT medal for service outside the main theaters of battle -- that debate over opportunity costs was labeled almost unpatriotic.
Using broad, ill-defined notions like capitalism invites ideological grandstanding and distracts from the hard technical problems.
A study by Birmingham University found that with the exception of reablement services to help older people live independently, local authorities were often hazy about the evidence base, and that broad, ill-defined outcomessuch as "wellbeing" and "quality of life" inhibited rigorous evaluation of interventions.
Government-controlled regulatory bodies wield broad, ill-defined, and unchecked powers to regulate the media.
Closer investigation revealed that the capacitive charging current had diminished considerably and cyclic voltammetry of the solution provided evidence of electrode fouling as a result of the presence of a broad, ill-defined, surface-bound oxidation wave over the range 0.2 0.8 V versus Cp2Fe0/+.
But in both cases the victims were often the borrowers and their neighborhoods, which were left pockmarked by abandoned property that worsened the broader urban ills of drug abuse, high crime and unemployment.
While traditional industries can get away with ignoring broader social ills or hot-button political issues, tech companies big and small are increasingly expected to solve the former and speak out on the latter — a position that's either totally fair or a too-high standard depending on who you ask.
However, their persistence suggests that broader societal ills are responsible for their emergence.
It still leaves broad and ill-defined loopholes for limiting freedoms of speech and assembly.
placement are so broad and ill defined that they could apply to virtually anyone, inviting arbitrary, inconsistent and discriminatory enforcement.
