Word: narrowings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...must have been quite a toot. The international border meanders by the freshly painted porches of stately, old Victorian houses, across shady green backyards, between sprouting rows of beans and lettuce in stubbly gardens, even through the shelves of books in the town's Binational Library, across the narrow Tomifobia River and the dusty, noisy corridors of the factory that spans it, and finally along the floor of the Bolducs' living room...
...factory is built right across a narrow, frothy stretch of the Tomifobia River and the border runs through it. Two companies are housed in the building: an American corporation buying American raw materials and turning out products for American customers; a Canadian corporation turning Canadian materials into Canadian products. Both are called the Union-Butterfield Division, which belongs to Litton Industrial Products, Inc. in the U.S., and to Litton Business Systems of Canada, Ltd. on the other side. No machinery, materials or goods can cross the borderline in the center of the building-carefully marked by wall plaques and dabs...
...years under the Shah. His aides were beginning to transmit cassette tapes back home to spread his message, as Khomeini had done so successfully. But the chances of Bakhtiar's returning to Iran, much less returning to power, seemed very slim. His following is almost entirely among the narrow Iranian middle class, which may be tired of revolution but is hardly prepared to start another in Bakhtiar's name...
...Jimmy Carter prepared to take office in 1977, he received a memo from Pollster Patrick Caddell advising him to keep on emphasizing the open, anti-Washington style that had helped him win the election. In this way, the pollster said, Carter could turn his narrow victory margin into a broader mandate. The memo soon became known as Caddell's "style over substance" pitch. Somehow, Carter forgot that advice. But last month, when he began trying to rescue his presidency, he turned again to Caddell for counsel, and this time he followed...
JAMES GAVIN, retired Army general and executive: I just can't find any outstanding leaders. Connally, but there's the milk scandal. Kennedy, but there's Chappaquiddick. The academic and business worlds are limited in their views. David Rockefeller is really good but strictly narrow in the application of his skills. There's George Ball, who has shown great versatility, but he doesn't have national stature...