Word: sharpening
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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When Presidents get isolated, they miss firsthand observations that sharpen the judgment. They begin to lose the inner instincts that warn when statistics may be deceptive, that suggest human responses that data do not reveal. In no field is it more important to have that internal receptivity than in economics...
Philosophers refurbish the tools of reason to sharpen arguments for theism...
...sharpen up our cuts and passes against Princeton we should really be able to pull together," Finn said...
...capital outlays diverted into nonproductive environmental controls, the industry cannot raise the money to build the efficient plants it must have to compete with foreign steel. Management, labor and the Government know it, and they are finally in agreement that steps must be taken now to harden and sharpen steel...
...steel mill, a pulp and paper mill, or a nuts and bolts factory sharpen perspective and brighten the bankroll. "It brought me in closer touch with the proletariat and at the same time made me wealthy," said one sophomore who worked at a factory last year and managed to reconcile theory and praxis...