Word: narrowed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Suddenly, amidst a burst of shots, the Senator and three well-wishers in the crowd around him collapsed. The crowd's laughter and cheers quickly turned to gasps and weeping; it pressed toward the narrow door of the room in which Kennedy lay in the arms of his aides...
Nixon, however, has the best-run political mimeograph that is now in operation. One of his problems as a contestant for the Republican nomination has been to break out of his stereotype as a narrow sectarian, to show that he can appeal to enough Democrats and independents to convert the Republican minority into an election-day majority. His radio speech was aimed squarely at that wider audience. And at a moment of national dissension, any new, constructive note of national unity can only be welcome...
...other hand, a narrow victory might not be enough to re-establish his authority. And anti-De Gaulle feelings, now largely the province of the liberal, the youthful, and the workingman, could spread in startling ways. The angry days of May have probably loosed all the diverse special interests and political frustrations bottled up for a decade. Unions, now that they have learned their strength, are likely to go on wresting both managerial prerogatives and higher pay from the patronat?the owners?whose power has remained fairly unchallenged under Gaullism. But there is also likely to be a backlash from...
...asking a 10% increase; 1,250,000 construction men seeking 15%, and 750,000 retail-distribution employees demanding 10%. To head off such damaging boosts, Wilson last week maneuvered his bill renewing wage and price controls through its decisive second reading in Commons. But it passed by only a narrow, grudging margin of 35 votes. The fact is, many Britons are simply not convinced that the way to maintain the competitive advantages of devaluation abroad is to hold the line on prices and wages at home...
Second top point getter on the team. Nosal tripled three times in the outdoor season. In the freshmen's narrow win over Princeton, he swept the discus and then settled down against Princeton's top weight men in the hammer and shot. After fouling twice in the hammer, he qualified on the last throw and went...