Word: narrowed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...EFFECT OF these essentially irrelevant comments, if HEW pays attention to them, would be to narrow the regulations' scope, and to pare down HEW's enforcement ability. Once again, then, whether Harvard's suggestions are valid depends on whether Harvard can be trusted to implement Title IX without close supervision. In a third group of comments, those which claim that the regulations "do not provide sufficient safeguards for women," Harvard seeks to show that it can be trusted, and that indeed it is in a position to give advice on the matter. One of these comments objects to the prohibition...
...word that the lower strata would be more likely to produce these leaders than any other strata--especially the higher strata--but his argument seems to fly in the face of the findings quoted by Lipset and Bendix: "The effect of material limitations acts in part so as to narrow the perspective... The socially underprivileged adolescent has seen less, read less, heard about less, has experienced less variety in his environment in general, and is also simply aware of fewer opportunities than the socially privileged young person...
...real estate transactions; Iowa's William J. Scherle, a more cantankerous conservative, who campaigned in khaki work pants and a farmer's cap but was outorganized in his rural district; and Tennessee's Dan Kuykendall, whose known friendship with Nixon hurt enough to bring on his narrow defeat...
...Harvard A-team managed to cling within striking range of the Tigers until the contest's last ten minutes. Down 8-0 early in the second half, it capitalized on a try by wing forward Tommy Vann to narrow the margin to 8-4. Dave Wagner followed quickly with a conversion, making...
Lines of out-of-state cars this fall sped past blazing vistas along the highways, then spilled onto narrow country roads, causing slowdowns near picturesque spots. "I've covered more accidents caused by people running across a street or highway to take a picture," said New Hampshire State Trooper T.R. Korbet. Growled one tourist: "The traffic is so bad along the Mohawk Trail that they had to bring out Indians to entertain all the leaf freaks sitting in their cars with nothing...