Word: dented
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Real Dent. For its authors and editors, Scott, Foresman has prepared a detailed leaflet called Guidelines for Improving the Image of Women in Textbooks. Among these guidelines are suggestions like "Avoid constructions implying that women, because they are women, are always dependent on male initiative." For example, rather than stating "The ancient Egyptians allowed women considerable control over property," a historian is requested to write: "Women in Egypt had considerable control over property." Macmillan and several other major publishers are revamping their textbooks, but no real dent has yet been made in their backlists, where sexism infects thousands of titles...
Swelling demand put the deepest dent in canned goods. Also, less produce than anticipated was grown this year as many farmers put in bigger plantings of extraordinarily profitable wheat and soybeans. A Teamsters strike against California canners last summer left mountains of tomatoes and other perishables rotting at loading stations...
...money passes through Divine Light Mission, and every press report about the Guru's appearances mentions his limousines, his air-planes, houses and wardrobe. But these reports have failed to dent the loyalty of his followers. The bulk of his movement, at least in the United States, is made up of people who have traveled the "guru circuit" from drugs to yoga to transcendental meditation. Many have latched on to him as a God figure, a trend which his publicity men encourage...
...Crimson 11 dominated play up to the 12th minute of the first half, but did not dent the nets...
...doubtful, however, that paint and soap and some lights will seriously dent the pervasive defeatism that accompanies life in the Towers. There is a basic belief among tenants that life grows worse and worse each year. Residents who have seen the project deteriorate cannot conceive of things improving or returning to their old adequacy. An old woman, resident of the tower building for 15 years, shivered as she recalled what has happened to her home. "Things used to be better." Asked to explain why, she just repeated, "Things used to be better...