Word: narrow
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This selfishness in turn produces a narrow view of the world in which the prominence of self-interests obscures the larger picture. Prof. Anthony Appiah of Afro-American Studies has criticized Powell's invitation by stating that honorary degrees "should be limited to people who contribute to education and knowledge, not by military leaders...
...narrow 10-7 win over Brown two weeks ago, had it gone the other way, could have ended any of Harvard's postseason hopes. Likewise for the season-ending showdown with Dartmouth last week...
...saga reflects a growing trend in society away from married two-parent families. This trend, far from being thought of as harmful, is viewed as one of the signs of a very healthy larger movement away from old social taboos (divorce, step-families, unwed pregnancy, and sex) and narrow traditional family values (married two-parent families...
...compromise with Republicans, Clinton agreed to reduce his spending package by $4 billion and perhaps more, rather than risk losing a measure he believes represents a "booster shot" to the anemic economic recovery. The President had learned the hard way that as long as the Democrats hold only a narrow six-vote majority (Democrat Richard Shelby of Alabama has been voting Republican recently) in the Senate, Clinton will need the votes of Jeffords and four or five other moderates to avoid the filibustering of more conservative Republicans...
Though a vague ennui normally renders artfarts harmless, they will become fierce at any suggestion that their form of narrow scholarship is actually leisure. Most people would be hard pressed to find any practical value in studying "the representation of sexnality in 9th Century Monastic Poetry." But the artfart never misses an opportunity to mention how hard he or she is working, and what difficult, pressing work it is. Although most members of this species subscribe to near-socialistic liberalism, that doesn't stop them from leading a lifestyle prodigal enough to make Thorstein Veblen blush...