Word: narrow
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...make this bonanza possible, spend their college years scrimping to make ends meet. A large number of these players are black and look on basketball as their one chance to escape from poverty. But the path to the National Basketball Association, where annual salaries average $600,000, is exceedingly narrow. The chances of making it are less than 1 in 500. Nearly 20,000 young men play college basketball; about 40 will make the N.B.A. each year. "The odds of becoming a brain surgeon are greater than the odds of winning a starting spot on the Boston Celtics," says John...
...dozen years. Frank Iarossi, president of Exxon Shipping Co., said the tanker was a mile off course even though its navigational systems were working. Dan Lawn, spokesman for the Alaska department of environmental conservation, said the captain's effort to steer the Exxon Valdez back into the narrow shipping lane was like "trying to park a Cadillac in a Volkswagen spot...
...determine whether the guns have a real sporting purpose or are used primarily to kill people. The next day Colt Industries suspended commercial sales of the AR-15 semiautomatic rifle, the civilian copy of the military's M-16. In California the 80-member state assembly voted by a narrow margin (41 to 38) to outlaw the manufacture and sale of semiautomatic weapons, a move that could inspire two dozen other state legislatures considering similar bans. It was a stunning triple play that exhilarated gun- control activists and left the mighty gun lobby fuming...
...misjudge baseball players. They aren't a narrow-minded group; they can also find inspiration in movies...
Harvard and MIT quickly exchanged the first two sets. In the opening set, the Harvard team had a slow start, getting down 7-1 early before losing, 15-11. The Crimson built up a narrow lead in the second set and held...