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Word: narrowings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Beling faced Shawn Bilodu, who normally wrestles at 177-lbs., in the unlimited bout. The Southern Connecticut coach hoped to take advantage of Bilodu's quickness, but Beling scored a narrow 7-6 win to erase memories of the Harvard team that Army blitzed earlier...

Author: By Bill Ginsberg, | Title: The Best and the Worst: Matmen Lose, Then Win | 2/21/1978 | See Source »

Javits' argument is increasingly accepted. The canal, too narrow for the largest aircraft carriers and supertankers, is no longer the maritime lifeline it once was. On the contrary, it is widely regarded in Latin America as an anachronistic relic of the colonialist era-and an easy target for nationalist violence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Opening the Great Canal Debate | 2/20/1978 | See Source »

...Anderson (Barnard Hughes). But he is away from home when the redcoats break in, and they mistake Dick Dudgeon (Chris Sarandon) for the pastor, since he is having tea with the pastor's wife. Dudgeon is the village scapegrace, a man so revolted by narrow-spirited Puritan cant that he has proclaimed himself "the devil's disciple...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Silky Redcoat | 2/20/1978 | See Source »

...members of CHUL tabled the motion to pass the resolution after Dean Rosovsky told them that passing the resolution by a narrow margin would, in his opinion, be like the rabbi who told a sick acquaintance that his fellow congregation members had voted, six to four, to wish him a speedy recovery...

Author: By J.wyatt Emmerich, | Title: CHUL Says 'No Comment' | 2/18/1978 | See Source »

...situation could remain the same for that long. Just last week, the Sandinistas launched another in a series of military offensives that began last October, engaging the National Guard in the villages of Granada, Rivas and Corinto. The Sandinista front has made a conscious effort to transcend their narrow revolutionary ideology and military approach, and instead enlist the support of all Somoza opponents in a pluralistic coalition. With the increasing political support of non-Socialist groups such as the Conservative Party and the "radical Christians," the Sandinista effort to topple the dictatorial Somoza regime appears bound for success...

Author: By Bob Grady, | Title: Nicaragua: The Opposition Mounts | 2/18/1978 | See Source »

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