Word: narrowness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...country's new striving for respectability. Under the aegis of Premier Aleksei Nikolaevich Kosygin, 63, whose hound-dog countenance is better known in the West than the two or three others with whom he shares power, the government is experimenting with economic liberalization and cautiously widening the still narrow limits of individual freedom and expression. Ideology, long the great bugaboo of Soviet life, is being sacrificed to pragmatism in order to get things done. And the regime is facing a growing gap between Russia's government and its citizens, brought about by the onslaught of technology...
They held Penn to a narrow 1-0 decision, and played well in drubbing Columbia. But they blew up again when Cornell shut them out, 3-0, so the situation is fairly uncertain...
...field was extremely narrow and short, and with eleven men crowded into one half of it for most of the game, it was virtually impossible for Harvard to put the ball through. This, plus the fact that the field was wet, and the Harvard players had difficulty maintaining their balance, gave the UConns...
Despite this narrow margin, DeGuglielmo has-forged ahead with an ambitious program for the City's development. Three new schools, a new City hospital, and a library addition (most of which sat idly on the drawing boards during the previous administration) have been, or are being, constructed. Last spring, the Council voted to consolidate the City's scattered health services into one department--the first of its kind in the nation...
From shipyards along the lower Tyne and Glasgow's narrow Clyde came forth the proud ships that once ruled the waves. Until World War II, Great Britain built nearly half of the world's vessels. But for at least a decade the British shipbuilding industry has been badly ailing: last year it launched 1,000,000 tons of merchant ships, less than in 1947, while the Japanese alone produced six times that amount, carving out 47% of the total world production...