Word: narrower
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...debate from now till the 1980 elections. No one doubts that inflation is the American public's white whale, the unknown menace the government must first locate and then destroy. But experts and laymen alike disagree over where to begin looking. Liberal economists and their political bedfellows argue that narrow monetary policy can't solve domestic inflation when well over half that inflation traces its lineage to the tankered waters of the Persian Gulf. If OPEC intends further price hikes--as it apparently does--then to make headway against inflation Volcker will have to squeeze America's economic arteries tight...
...Beware the narrow-minded politician, but fear not: for whether we go there for war, for profit, or for fun, our evolution into space...
...inclination of all Cabinet departments is to narrow the scope for presidential decision, not to expand it. They are organized to develop a preferred policy, not a range of choices. If forced to present options, the typical department will present two absurd alternatives as straw men bracketing its preferred option-which usually appears in the middle position. A totally ignorant decision maker could satisfy his departments by blindly choosing Option Two of any three choices submitted...
Amherst lost to the powerful UConn sqad by a 7-2 score, while the Crimson booters fell to the Huskies by a narrow margin, 2-1. But the inclement conditions "lessened our advantages," Sanacore said. "We played well, but we couldn't play our game...
Crimson harrier Leslie Voight, although the sixth Harvard runner to come home, cemented the victory over Brown with her 19th-place finish. She blistered past the Bruin's fifth runner to provide the narrow margin of victory...