Word: narrowing
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...face to face with Communist China over several issues where they must attempt to tread the narrow path between vigorous policy...
...fact that this man is a modern sharp businessman incarnate doesn't illustrate the timelessness of the breed, as the author would no doubt tell you. It illustrates the fact that waugh is mining a narrow vein, and the same old vein, at that...
...joining wall is a large window and above the picture, between it and the ceiling, is to be a long, narrow strip of frosted glass. This glass I liked to be clear, transparent as to see some trees moving their chanches in the wind together with the picture. The indoors and outdoors to be one, nature and a man-made symbol...
Protestant churches may not bear any external symbols to show that they are churches at all. They are not found on the main thoroughfares, but stick to narrow side streets. (However, "many narrow side streets in Spanish cities are very nice streets," writes Garrison. "Moreover, the narrower the streets, the more dense the population.") No public signs or announcements of services may be made, no church literature may be generally circulated, no new churches may be opened without special permission, and no Protestant schools for children are allowed. "For Protestant children the only choice is between Catholic schools and public...
...technical prof shudder. Doherty was among the forward-looking men in technical education who realized just how limited a strictly technical education might be. However skilled they were, he decided, most engineers were "illiterate about the world around them." They were able to do amazing things within their own narrow fields, but they were helpless once they went beyond. As professional leaders and as citizens, said Doherty, they were next to useless...