Word: narrow
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Dartmouth's academic rating plunges into the teens, Stanford's alumni become increasingly dissatisfied, and the pockets of former Columbia Lions grow shallow, it is comforting to still see John Harvard sitting astride the narrow data like a colossus...
...clear majority of Democrats oppose invasion also, and for a reason that will not cease to be relevant however U.S. troops go in. Their basic argument: Haiti is simply not worth the sacrifice of U.S. lives. Even an American diplomat on the scene concedes privately that in the "narrow, traditional" sense of the words, Haiti is not a vital interest for the U.S. It has no strategic position, no economic importance in terms of raw materials, markets or U.S. investment. Its army is no threat to the U.S., the Caribbean, Latin America or anybody except the unfortunate subjects...
According to Clarke, distinction is, well, just more diversity. But there's one small problem with her analysis: diversity and distinction are actually different words, with (surprise, surprise) different meanings. Clarke's idea of diversity as only encompassing racial and ethnic differences, while common-place, is too narrow a conception. To put things nicely, her view doesn't make a lot of sense...
Fidel Castro's envoys did their best to slide his main complaint across the bargaining table, but the U.S. negotiators slid it right back. After seven days of talks in New York City, the Cubans had to settle for what the Americans offered in the first place: a narrow agreement on immigration. They got nowhere on the issue that Castro blames most for his economic problems: the 32-year-old U.S. trade embargo. The deal sealed in New York last Friday amounted to a simple swap: the U.S. will take in at least 20,000 legal Cuban immigrants each year...
...late in Old Havana, and Calle Obispo is shrouded in darkness as Jorge, who fears giving his real name, walks down the narrow street. Once a fashionable shopping avenue, Obispo is now lined with decayed buildings. Jorge passes a tourist store, where three young Cubans are staring at a window display of souvenirs that would cost them the equivalent of several months' salary. At the corner, a young man whispers, "Pizza, pizza," hoping to attract customers to an illegal private restaurant. At 20 pesos, the price of a pie equals what Jorge earns in two days. Light spills...