Word: sharpness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Kennedy's strength reflects a sharp decline in voter concern over the incident on the Martha's Vineyard bridge that many thought would ruin his career. Public sentiment could change, of course, if Kennedy became a candidate for President and Chappaquiddick were raised as an issue. But, at this point, only 11% of those surveyed are bothered a lot by the fact that he was at a party with a group of single women on that night in July 1969; only 15% say they are greatly disturbed by his having gone off alone with Mary Jo Kopechne...
...little thin. Castro himself delivered an early tongue-lashing of the Communist Chinese, who had boycotted the festival. He castigated Peking for "insane political conduct," "repugnant betrayal of the cause of internationalism," and "perfidious, base arguments" against Cuba. The last, presumably, was a reference to Peking's sharp denunciations of the Cuban military presence in Africa...
Richard Stoltzman is the first to admit it: the clarinet, his chosen instrument, is no musical prince. To begin with, there is the clarinet's tendency to be loudmouthed and crass. It is the sharp-tongued marcher in high school bands, the instrument everyone loves to play badly. In orchestra pits, the clarinet is a foot soldier, sturdily seconding the melodies of the grander piano, violin and cello. Few composers have favored it with solo works. Few Benny Goodmans exist; although there have been outstanding clarinetists, they traditionally have belonged to orchestras and thus missed the dazzle...
...Treasury Anthony Solomon managed to be upbeat, suggesting that fewer dollars would be pouring overseas in the future, because the weakening economy is now starting to drag down the U.S. growth rate to a level closer to that of the rest of the world. The reasoning is in sharp contrast to the White House's yearlong drive to persuade West Germany and Japan to pump up their economies rather than to have the U.S. rely on a slowing of its own; and it is typical of the wavering signals that the Administration has been sending out all along. The White...
Though growing larger than ever, flea markets still allow anyone with an eye to sharp trading to go into business almost instantly. All a would-be proprietor has to do is rent a modest stall or table, for $4 to $20 a day. Then the fun begins: people display an incredible array of items pulled from closets, attics, gardens, in-laws and, only occasionally, outlaws. With an eye for hot merchandise, police sometimes patrol the bigger markets, but the difficulty of making positive identifications means that there is often little they can do to knock down any fences...