Word: sharpness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...present, there are some 16 storefront Street Academies in the slum areas of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Under a program organized by the Urban League, and financed mainly by private industry, street workers search for the promising dropout. The shrewd, sharp youngster, who has seen enough of the dismal life of the ghetto, may be receptive to the suggestion that he can find his way out. After getting used to a routine of study in a Street Academy, he is sent on to an Academy of Transition for advanced classes and individual tutoring...
...Crimson, however, could not keep the momentum, and Yale recovered a narrow lead, and held it, on the sharp outside shooting of Morgan and Dan Peters. The two teams traded baskets for several minutes with Eric Gustavson, Hardy, and Janczewski pumping in long jumpers...
...Viet Nam, an Army photographer shoots sharp reconnaissance pictures despite the vibration of his small observation plane. From a shaky and make shift platform in Washington, a TV camera crew gives viewers a clear close-up portrait of Richard Nixon making his inaugural address. In North Miami, a policeman with a television camera takes shots showing distinct facial features of individuals creating a civil disturbance hundreds of feet below his quivering helicopter. In these and dozens of other applications, a remarkable new optical system is providing clear and steady images under circumstances that ordinarily cause blurred photo graphs or jiggling...
...text from Genesis, he jilts the pachyderm before the playlet begins in favor of the more renowned Eve. After all, Eve has her points. As played by Leesa Freedman, Eve tends to do a bump and a grind when a mere bump would suffice. Nevertheless, she's an amusing sharp-tongued every-woman, who insists that her husband stand up to God like a man. And Eve favors hiding after the apple because "God is love and love is blind...
...Sharp competition could push the winner of the 600 under the record time of 1:12. Harvard's John Gillis, B.C.'s Mark Murray, and Northeastern's Mike Roberts have all carded respectable times this season. Murray will be seeking revenge for two narrow losses to Gillis in the Knights of Columbus and Boston Athletic Association meets...