Word: sharpness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sharp contrast to Reagan's stiff-necked philosophic rigidity, Bush was eager to touch every point on the ideological spectrum. He honored, with lip service at least, most of his kinder and gentler campaign promises, ranging from a pledge to halt offshore drilling in California to advocacy of extended health care for pregnant women and children. Bush courted environmentalists (by pledging an end to acid rain and toxic dumping) and borrowed lines from Jesse Jackson ("Keep hope alive"), while still echoing themes from the Reagan years ("growth and opportunity" and "family and faith") and bowing at the shrine...
...pair of palm-size, lightweight still-video cameras that will sell for less than $1,000. Each model can take and store up to 50 shots on erasable, reusable 2-in. floppy disks. When plugged into a television set, the new systems display images that are about as sharp as conventional TV pictures. They are expected to arrive in U.S. stores this spring, and before the year is out they could be joined by models from Konica and Fuji...
Aside from playing a strong physical game, Harvard will have to play a sharp mental game...
...very sharp-eyed, a search for Mayor Marion Barry is a fun activity, but you are unlikely to find him unless you frequent some of the seedier hotels of the city...
...problem, Duehay says, may be sharp divisions on the city council, instead of an overly powerful city manager...