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Number seven Joe Somers shut out his adversary, 3-0, to widen the margin of victory...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Crimson Racquetmen Topple Elis, 6-3, Capture Ivy, National Nine-Man Titles | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

...things went downhill from there: Larry Tobin hit the post twice within fifteen seconds early in the second stanza; and Cornell was off and running. Brock Tredway notched his 16th tally of the year at 12:38, and Karl Habib chimed in with a contribution at 4:04 to widen the margin...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Big Red Melts Icemen, 6-1, With Aid From Unruly Crowd | 2/21/1980 | See Source »

...have come to believe that these policies tend to foster repression rather than progress. Because of the enormous gap between rich and poor within underdeveloped countries, and because of the gap between rich and poor nations, a policy intempered by considerations of equity, promoting unfettered competition, would tend to widen the income gap. Any advantages that did come about would flow to the small group which already own land and capital...

Author: By Celia W. Dugger, | Title: Harberger: A Deadly Naivete | 2/11/1980 | See Source »

...been running into attacks from hardliners who don't want arms control. Those who say SALT II will enshrine Soviet superiority fail to say how we will be better off if the treaty is shelved. The arms race will escalate, and the Soviet lead will in all probability widen further. SALT II reigns in the Soviets, and since the U.S. has not been building up its forces for years as the Soviets have, the ceiling we set will force them to make greater sacrifices than it will us. The fact that the Soviets have stretched SALT I provisions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Deja Vu? Deja Vu? Deja Vu? Deja Vu? | 1/21/1980 | See Source »

...throughout the book. Greenberg draws a number of characters only so that she can quarter them. A young man smuggles cocaine from Mexico into the U.S. and meets up with a malakh, a Jewish angel who subjects him to humiliating lectures: "Whenever the Lord has been convinced to widen His mercy or extend His patience it has been at the behest of a fool. You are such a fool...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Stony Parables | 1/21/1980 | See Source »

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