Word: narrow
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...Bears come into the game guaranteed at least a tie for first place in the Ivy League following their narrow 2-1 victory over Harvard Sunday. Brown's Eric Block netted his eighth goal of the season in the winning effort, which dropped Harvard to 3-4-0 in the Ancient Eight and 5-7-3 overall...
...question arises: If aggregate growth has lately been widening the gap between the affluent and the middle class, why should spurring even more growth by unfettering capitalism be expected to narrow the gap? It's the most fettered capitalist economies that have kept that gap the narrowest. Virtually all European countries have higher taxes than the U.S. (as a fraction of economic output) and higher income equality...
...somewhat narrow minded to think that minorities can hold one viewpoint," Wang says. "One of the standards by which the assimilations and integration of minorities into society can be measured is how diverse their views...
...yearly rite of passage for the college-bound, and as the only nationally comparative factor, thousands of colleges and universities weigh scores heavily in their admission processes. It is used to narrow the field for designating Presidential Scholars, and (in the PSAT form) to hand out thousands of National Merit Scholarships. If the noble souls who write this test can't even figure out that giving an identical exam to the same people twice is unacceptable, should they be entrusted by students and learning institutions with such extraordinary power...
...rather lose by discord than win by this narrow victory. In the next few weeks, the federal government will cut Quebec social payments, welfare and health coverage.... The next referendum in six to seven years will be a victory," he said...