Word: aver
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Shanghai officials aver that there is no property bubble. But such assurances meant little for me as my husband and I struggled to find a new home. We decided to downgrade from a house to an apartment, but even that didn't help much. An almost-done deal fell through because a South Korean diplomat as well as a banker at Standard Chartered suddenly outbid us by at least $1,000?the agent delicately informed me that we were "too small potatoes" to be pinning our hopes on such a nice apartment. Another potential flat, which had cost...