Word: sharpness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...with about one-fifth of whites. But that coalition broke apart last week as 91% of whites opted for Daley and 94% of blacks cast their ballots for Sawyer. Turnout was a ho-hum 64.5% (compared with 74% in 1987), and the falloff in black districts was an especially sharp...
...refurbishing, which is expected to receive swift approval from the Federal Aviation Administration, represents a sharp break with past airline- industry practices. In recommending the changes, safety experts tacitly acknowledged that more repairs and replacement should be done automatically as a plane ages rather than after inspections reveal problems. "Everybody in the industry is on the alert now," says Jerome Lederer, founder of the Virginia- based International Flight Safety Foundation, an aviation research group. "Aging aircraft can be a very, very serious problem...
Playing is a serious business for these two. The opening of the "surprise box" at two o'clock sharp is just as important to them as any power lunch is to a businessperson. In essence, Lawrence and Joanna have learned to cope with the real world by transforming it into the make-believe...
During the last month of former President Ronald W. Reagan's term, Mother Jones introduced its sharp, glossy, "new look," complete with a photograph of actress Susan Sarandon on the cover. The new and improved magazine includes columns such as "OUT OF POCKET, about how to buy and invest with your ethics intact," and "TRIPS, a guide to travel and adventure for non-Ugly Americans...
...program review and the changes that may follow from it indicate a sharp change in policy from those of outgoing Dean James Vorenberg '49, who made the school's clinical studies program a priority in his administration, members of the Law School community...