Word: microcosms
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...next minute was microcosm of the Crimson victory. For 45 seconds the Lions passed the ball around the perimeter of the Harvard zone, looking for an opening that never materialized. Columbia needed an extra step, the ref whistled traveling and Harvard had the ball. Seven seconds later Crimson guard Bob Ferry sank two free throws; Harvard was ahead for good...
...when Intel Corp., a Silicon Valley company founded by Noyce after yet another "defection," unveiled the microprocessor. Designed by a young Intel engineer named Ted Hoff, it contained the entire central processing unit (CPU) of a simple computer on one chip. It was Babbage's mighty mill in microcosm...
...tragic death of Korean Boxer Kim Duk Koo [Nov. 29]: Let's not point a finger at boxing. Perhaps more than any other sport, boxing is a microcosm of life in which the lessons of victory and defeat are taught in brutal fashion. Casualties are bound to occur, just as in other professions where pressures can lead to ulcers, alcoholism and suicide. Boxing is one more example of humans striving for a dream...
...mind the budget reflects his basic principles, and so it must turn out right. That is the approach he has taken with the major acts of his Administration?so much so that the budget decision, and the way in which it was reached, constitutes a kind of microcosm of the Reagan presidency as it approaches midterm. The decision illustrates not only the President's views but his temperament, his outlook and how he handles his job. It indicates, too, the strengths and weaknesses he will carry into the third and fourth years of his term and doubtless into a second...