Word: notching
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...delve any further into the matter, save for a few offhand comments on the fallibility of the men in the white hats. Bo Widerberg's Man on the Roof, however, confronts this automatic assumption in a serious and thought-provoking manner, functioning not only as a top-notch suspense film but also as a valuable comment on our naive notions regarding just who is good and who is evil in both fictional and real-life situations...
...explanation is simple: as a courtesy to travelers to Cuba, the U.S. has lowered the embargo a tiny notch. Tourists may bring back up to $100 worth of merchandise, but otherwise, all Cuban goods are contraband in the U.S. Aha, a traveler might wonder: a plot to protect U.S. cigar makers? Probably not. "Cuban tobacco would be a stimulus to American cigars," insists Carl J. Carlson, executive director of the Cigar Association of America. Since the embargo began, total cigar sales in the U.S. have receded from more than 6 billion a year to just 5.3 billion...
...effective, and Carter chose not to fight for it at the same time that he was launching his embattled energy program. An additional embarrassment to the policymakers: shortly before they appeared in front of the committee, the Administration lowered its forecast of economic growth for the year a notch to 4.9% (see chart), and raised its prediction of the 1977 inflation rate to 6.7%. Charles Schultze, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, said that both revisions were caused by the abnormal winter cold, which held production down for a while and pushed up prices for food and fuel...
Down 10-6 late in the third quarter, Harvard overcame the mud and the favored Princeton laxmen to notch the last five tallies of the contest. As the Crimson players danced for joy in the driving rain after the final gun, no one who was there could help but think, "wait 'til next year, this is just the beginning...
...innovative treat is that four top-notch actor-musicians share the stage and comment on the action like a chorus of satyrs. Among other things, they appear in togas, snappy marching-band outfits, pajamas and in Santa Claus suits, playing and singing Hey There, Good Times. With that number, they bring down whatever remains of the house. The audience has already brought down the rest. T.E.Kalem