Word: narrowings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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People are shaped by their environments and articles such as "Southie Solipsisms" serve to present a deceptive narrow viewpoint of a community that is unknown to the majority of the Crimson's readers. Articles like these serve to prolong the ignorance of the American people to the environments of inner-city residents and to an understanding of their actions. A couple of years ago the Boston Globe ran a series of articles on the communities of Boston and I highly recommend Messrs. deMilo and Levenson research these articles before they continue their journalistic reviews of Boston's neighborhoods. Andrew Johnson...
Says Gilbert, "The actual contribution to knowledge is not so narrow that if you don't make it on day one you've lost (a race). There will be ancilliary knowledge that just comes...
...reputation as a marketing whiz at Ford, may be in Chrysler's future. Iacocca is also expected to inject some new pep into the company's dealer organization. The real test of Iacocca's ability will be in how well he can maneuver within the narrow limits imposed by Chrysler's tight financial circumstances. The auto industry has changed dramatically since he introduced the Ford Mustang in 1964: costs are much higher, and so are risks. Whether Iacocca will succeed in turning the company around remains to be seen. But Chrysler is betting a bundle...
Dundes calls the consistency of the imagery "nothing short of amazing." He notes that uniforms are sexual-enlarged head and shoulders, narrow waist and skintight pants accented by a molded codpiece. The jargon too is erotic: "score," "down," "piling on" (gang rape), "popping" an opponent (overtones of defloration) and "sacking" the quarterback (plunder and rape). Players try to knock opponents down, putting them in the "supine, feminine position." Indeed, says Dundes, "football is a ritualized form of homosexual rape. The winners feminize the losers by getting into their end zone...
...Narrow Focus...