Word: extents
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...vainglories like the World Cup or the World Series only aspire to the global importance of the heavyweight champion. Sullivan, Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis and Ali truly possessed the world -- countries that couldn't have picked Jimmy Carter out of a lineup recognized Ali at a distance -- to the extent that, in a recurring delusion, the world had trouble picturing boxing beyond him. When Dempsey went, he was taking boxing with him. If Louis surrendered, the game would be up. Without Ali, it was dead. Wiser heads, usually balanced like towels on the shoulders of old trainers, always smiled...
...impact [of the report] is fairly subtle and can be measured [by] to what extent it informs the policymakers" for the Dukakis and Bush campaigns, says Robert Atwell, president of the American Council of Education. "I have no doubt that it [the Friday report] will have an impact on [Bush's] subsequent pronouncements...
JUST how blindly have we marched toward today's exercises in Tercentenary Theater these past four years? To what extent has this institution heeded the lessons of its summer reading and endowed us with an education that will weather the enormous changes of the next 50 years...
...grand jury actions presented Noriega with a serious dilemma: if he stepped down now, he might face arrest and possible imprisonment. Nor did the CIA or Defense Department predict the extent of Noriega's support among the military. "It's really shocking," says an insider, "how bad our intelligence has been." Soon after the indictments, Panama's mostly powerless President Eric Delvalle went to Washington for a meeting of the Organization of American States. Delvalle told Abrams he planned to announce to the OAS his intention of firing Noriega. Abrams, who continued to harbor hopes of a popular uprising...
Such bouts of good feeling have been seen before -- and dashed before. Alone, they have little more significance than smiles at a summit, and they can be just as deceptive and dangerous. But to the extent that the new attitudes reflect real reforms in Soviet society that shrink the basic differences between the two nations, they could mark a historic turning point in the cold war. That would be far more important than anything Reagan and Gorbachev might conjure up at a crowded conference table, or inside a cozy dacha...