Word: narrowed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...resembled Matt Dillon riding into town on his big horse. How Texas Rangers, men he admired, just kept coming at you even though they were shot. How he could not be a man to back away from a fight. There are some historians who believe L.B.J.'s narrow view of courage led us deeper into Viet...
...Chinese have about 10,000 tanks, compared to Viet Nam's 900. But the mountainous terrain of last week's fighting precludes the use of tanks except in very narrow corridors, and China's aged T-34 tanks are vulnerable to the extremely accurate Sagger antitank missiles supplied to the Vietnamese by the Soviet Union in the past three years. The Chinese have nothing comparable to the Sagger. "This is one of their major combat deficiencies, which they are trying to correct by buying HOT (antitank) missiles from the French," notes one U.S. expert...
...necessary legislation. Furthermore, most of the bills that the states are passing to ask Congress to summon a convention themselves stipulate that budget-balancing should be the only issue on its agenda. Congressmen, too, though opposed to the whole idea of a convention, would obviously prefer one with narrow authority. In fact, the dire warnings against a convention run wild come only from opponents who are using them as a scare tactic; convention supporters seem perfectly willing to limit themselves...
...Allen successfully completed a three-point play with 4:59 showing on the clock, he pulled the Crimson to within five points of the faltering Dartmouth quintet, 65-60. Knocking a point a minute off the lead, the Crimson parlayed Fine's top-of-the-key jumper to narrow the gap to two with 2:15 to play, 66-64. However, the Harvard cagers couldn't move any closer as they failed to take advantage of two late Dartmouth turnovers...
WHEN YOU HEAD OVER to Holyoke St, bag the critical, narrow-minded appraisal ("Oh bummer, it's not anything like Saturday Night Live,") and save your class consciousness for another day ("Oooooooh, I don't think I fit in with all these people...