Word: sharp
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...stations that angered drivers by shortening hours or closing on Sundays earlier in the month saved enough fuel to have some left to dispense on the Memorial Day weekend. There were indications that motorists were curtailing driving a bit too, and in California preholiday freeway traffic, after a sharp drop, was still about 5% below normal. Across the nation, airline, train and bus travel boomed...
...they limited his appearances to small groups and friendly audiences. They also shrewdly declined to put forward detailed proposals that Trudeau, an unmatched debater, could pick apart. One exception: a highly popular plan for partial tax deductions for home mortgage interest payments and local property taxes. Clark also advocated sharp tax cuts that would create a "stimulative deficit" substantially larger than the current $13 billion...
Some Patriotic Front leaders profess to be concerned that Western recognition of the Muzorewa regime could lead to a sharp increase in the fighting, with South African troops coming to the aid of the security forces and the guerrillas calling for increased Eastern bloc support. There are reports in Mozambique that ZANU has privately assured its backers among the so-called frontline African states that if the lifting of sanctions against Rhodesia can be avoided, ZANU will then be prepared to take part in internationally supervised elections and abide by the results, even if Bishop Muzorewa wins again...
Baker's other great gift is his consistency. Each year he finds the endurance to be sharp and fresh and surprising nearly 150 times. The gross wordage he turns out over a year would amount to a fair-size novel. In Baker's book-lined office on the tenth floor of the Times building, just off Times Square, is a photo of the Marx brothers. The inscription is by Groucho, and it reads, "You are the reason I read the New York Times...
...five years ago, it looked as if the Yellow Brick Road might lead back to Kansas, not Broadway. Applause was limper than the Scarecrow's limbs. Then Geoffrey Holder, who had designed the costumes, was asked to doctor the production. Holder brought the part of the Wiz into sharp focus, wowed the audience with a black tornado stirred up with 100 yds. of silk streamers, and exhorted the frazzled cast members to believe in themselves. It all worked: The Wiz won the 1975 Tony Award for best musical...