Word: tenuousness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sweep the country in dynamic fashion. The Canadian media coined the phrase "Trudeaumania" to describe the prevalent attitude at the polls. Four years later, Trudeau's charisma failed to affect as many voters; seemingly unconvinced by the party's slogan, "The land is strong," the electorate gave Trudeau a tenuous minority government after the majority mandate of '68. Predictably, the weakened government fell in 1974, and things looked grim for the Liberals heading into the July election...
Surprisingly large numbers of students stayed away from classes Mondy; estimates of the no-shows ranged from 40 to 70 per cent. Those figures are tenuous, though, and include those who were simply unwilling to face picket lines or more interested in the 70-degree sun than in Chem...
Larry Robinson, Serge Savard and Guy Lapointe are secure on "D", but Brian Engblom may be tenuous. Ken Dryden is massive. He leans over and catches shots that other goalies do splits to kick out. Ridiculous...
...administration blames the problems of the Afro-American Studies department on the lack of professors willing to join the department. but while the University keeps the status and funding of the department so tenuous, it can hardly expect to attract outside professors...
With Boston clinging to a tenuous 3-2 lead, defenseman Brad Park and Mike Milbury combined to send Miller into the Penguin zone. The UNH graduate swooped in on goalie Denis Herron, then backhanded the puck past the goalie's stick side with 9:50 left in regulation. Pittsburgh's Orest Kindrachuk beat Gerry Cheevers for his second goal of the night to complete the scoring...