Word: squeaking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...stat sheet says that if Harvard's Grant Blair plays his standard game and Vermont's Tom Draper his, the Crimson will squeak out a hard-fought defensive battle...
...still wanted sweeping cuts in civilian spending, he would have to swallow a budget resolution that included a provision for what he called "zero growth" for the military: no increase in Pen tagon outlays next year beyond what is necessary to keep up with infla tion. Nothing else could squeak through the Republican-controlled Senate--and even so, the vote scheduled on Thursday was going to be breathtakingly close. The President finally said yes, and Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole quickly spread the word. Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger, who had turned Reagan against accepting deep cuts in military spending...
...Democratic-controlled House. Proposals to limit future cost of living increases in Social Security benefits, to abolish 17 federal programs and to increase military outlays 3% above the estimated rate of inflation will all come under fierce attack, which will be even sharper if the overall budget package cannot squeak through the G.O.P.-controlled Senate. "If we lose, we start the demolition derby," says Senate Majority Leader Robert Dole. Even if the broad budget package passes, he adds, "maybe it will be a demolition derby anyway...
Perhaps her most impressive victory this season was a come-from-behind three-set at Santa Barbara--a match the team needed to squeak out its 5-4 victory...
...tarnished, they remain significant as an expression of international cooperation and individual courage. We can only hope that the leaders of Russia, the U.S., and other nations, seeing that the Summer Olympics cannot be manipulated for significant political gain, will leave them alone. Meanwhile their sidekick, the Winter Olympics, squeak on by content in and saved by their own limitations. While they may never play on as grand a stage as their summer counterpart, the Winter Olympics may prove a much longer running show...