Word: sharpers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...bothered to take away when she left. It had proliferated; many little offshoots were now hanging down until they dangled over the radiator." Perceptions noted, then brushed aside, only to return again, create the underlying rhythm of their days, until Marcia's mental backslide brings a sharper focus. Pym charts the courses of these blameless lives, informing them with a wise, rueful compassion that is all too rare in contemporary fiction...
...lessen the threat of inflation. Says Mclntyre: "I have been the principal advocate of reducing the budget deficit. All the President's economic advisers have come to agree with me." But if Mclntyre hopes to still the criticism, he will have to be a tougher, sharper cutter...
...sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child."-King Lear
...DIFFICULT to believe in the doctrine of original sin after reading the comments children offer at such young ages. They are full of questions and perceptions which are usually sharper than most people will give them credit for. In one sentence, Coles quotes a young girl who has synthesized her human instincts, with a tidbit from the maid and something "Daddy" said, and the reader is left with an insightful summary of capitalism in its more distressing form. The poor people need the rich to give them jobs and we are obligated to help them, but at the same time...
...Teen Tennis Star Tracy Austin. Martin scrambled madly all over the court, cutting off his partner, Rumanian Touring Pro Virginia Ruzici, until she gently suggested he stay at the net. Judged Umpire Dan Rowan, co-host of the old Laugh-In: "Both Martin and Lasorda exhibit much sharper back talk than backhand." When the verbal volleying was over, it was Lasorda and Austin, 6 to 1. "That doesn't make up for losing the World Series," grumbled the Dodgers' boss. "But it's some consolation...