Word: narrowed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Whatever a Japanese student's goal, the good life beckons the moment he gets past the narrow entrance-examination gate. Since the accent is on rote memorization of facts, a student can always cram to pass a test and he has to be atrociously uninterested to flunk out. For rural youths, the excitement of living in Tokyo compensates for classroom tedium. Money is rarely a problem. A student can find board and room-the universities have few dorms-for as little as $30 a month. A curry-and-rice lunch costs 30 cents. He can meet his tuition...
...believes that if Christianity is to mean anything to man today, it must strive to narrow the gulf between the "silent suffering" in underdeveloped lands and the affluence of "Technocratic, sophisticated civilization." He expressed the hope that "those who may not understand my words may be touched by my decision." Besides, he quipped, "I don't think that being a cardinal is a hindrance to doing good...
Chairman-Designate Allen will be primed to greet that boom when it arrives. A stout, genial chemist with old-school ties (Harrow, Oxford's Trinity College), Allen is a steam-railway buff who has written six books (Narrow Gauge Railways of Europe, Steam on the Sierra) on the subject. A former head of I.C.I.'s plastics division and Canadian operations, he is also a cost-conscious businessman who is quick to criticize corporations for "gathering information that is not needed, collecting useless statistics and disseminating unimportant knowledge...
Even if Harvard should manage to beat Brown this week, Cornell would still have to get by Penn--at Penn's narrow home field, where the Quakers are next to unbeatable--for the Crimson to grab a share of the championship...
...Francisco Mime Troupe is one of the world's great things. It brings joy and hysterics to all who behold it. Not just those whose narrow preconceptions drive them into unflinching hatred for all authority; not just those who make love with a red flag under the mattress. The Mime Troupe's not just for May 2nd, but for all seasons...