Word: sharpness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Riding high on a 4-0 lead, the stickwomen eased off a little, but the day was not yet complete. Sarah Mleczko rounded out the scoring for the Crimson with her eighth goal of the season, a drive that streaked past relief goalie Lynn Coram at a sharp angle...
...major characters, Amy Aquino as the theatrical, selfish Lily Mortar stands out, delivering a credible performance in one of the less skillfully written parts in the show. Although she starts out overly shrill and theatrical, Aquino emanates deliberate maliciousness in the pivotal scene with Martha, and her sharp jabbing at her embroidery all the while is a nice touch. Aquino even manages to avoid looking ridiculous in the last scene, where she must indulge in hysterics over Martha's death. Gerber would have done well to cut that last scene, for it drags on and on while recriminations...
...bewildered and outraged by the way the Democrats have appropriated the traditional G.O.P. issue of fiscal prudence. "There's a law against shoplifting," says Michigan Congressman Elford Cederberg. "We ought to have a law against issue-lifting." Adds Mike Thompson, head of the Florida Conservative Union: "Republicans must be sharp enough to point out that the Democrats are stealing our issue. If we let them get away with it, we have no one to blame but ourselves. The theft of an issue becomes an issue...
Attorney Paul Morantz unlocked the door of his house in Los Angeles last week and put his left hand into the mailbox. "I felt a sharp pain, and then it felt as though my hand was in a vise," he recalls. When he pulled his hand back, he brought with it a 4½-ft. diamondback rattlesnake, its fangs buried near his left thumb. He managed to shake off the snake and ran screaming to a neighbor, who applied a tourniquet that saved Morantz from almost certain death. Fire department paramedics chopped off the snake's head with...
...other short-term rates. Then last week the board increased the discount rate, the interest charged by the board for loans to member banks, from 8% to 8½%, the highest level ever. A key motive for the Federal Reserve's money moves has been to halt a sharp and inflationary increase in the money supply. Also, the Fed is trying to forestall further dumping of the dollar on foreign markets; lower inflation and higher U.S. interest rates should make greenbacks more attractive to hold...