Word: narrowed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...what they expect, and this scene of the movie, shot with grainy, color-saturated ektachrome film, presents their situation as almost surreal. The walls are painted with vast smiling portraits of Saddam Hussein, hugged by loving children, wearing a tasseled hat and waving a diploma, looking benevolently down the narrow passageways of the bunkers...
...situation in Florida is duplicated on barrier islands up and down the Atlantic Coast. When it's time to evacuate, it doesn't really matter where on these narrow strips of land you live--you're stuck on the same stretch of highway. Some officials now believe that the coastal states may have to toughen their construction standards even more, forcing builders to install hardened bunkers, like aboveground bomb shelters, so residents can stay during a hurricane and take their chances...
...Today's 18-year-olds have had a narrow experience with popular culture," Beloit English professor Tom McBride told USA Today. "They can't be counted on to understand certain references that are second nature...
...term questions about patterns of development. "Natural disasters worldwide have increased eightfold since the 1970s, but there?s been very little concern for environmental issues in the rush to make money," says TIME correspondent William Dowell. "Events such as the Taiwan quake may prompt governments to think beyond the narrow concerns of the economy in approaching issues of development and urbanization...
...this campus, it is difficult to believe that none of the ugly ones can give a decent tour. Clearly, even if no blatant expectation of beauty and popularity is being employed, some subjective measure of "personality" is selecting for a very particular sort of charm. The consequences of this narrow selection are evident in the consequent internal culture of the organization...