Word: badly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...special sore point has been bureaucratic insensitivity to the environment, as in the Baltic states. Ever since the Soviet Union under Stalin began to industrialize in the 1920s, Moscow has built the republic into a leading chemical-production center. One result is chronic air pollution. "The air is so bad, you can no longer see Mount Ararat," complains a Yerevan resident, referring to the snow-peaked 16,945-ft. mountain some 30 miles away across the Turkish border...
...methods used by an executive search firm. As evidence, she boasts of more than 100 marriages and & no divorces. Hopeful brides and bridegrooms are probed for their creditworthiness, their job history and their marital status. Appearance and habits are carefully noted: Does he bite his nails? Does she have bad teeth? They are prodded for their likes and dislikes: Does he like reggae? Does she like Rostropovich? "I try to introduce two people who are so similar to each other that when the going gets rough, they can fall back on their similarities. If a client likes to sail...
...Bennett Johnston has a message for George Bush. Stripped of the sweet words whispered to any new President during his honeymoon, the bad news is this: Read my lips. You go first...
Kosh not only plays with a heightened intensity but also with a heightened awareness. She is a thinking player's player. "I keep track of a lot of things--who's hot, the time, who's having a lot of trouble," Kosh says. "If someone is having a bad night...you let them know...
There is another curious reason why the California eggs may not taste very different from the ordinary variety. According to the USDA Agricultural Research Service in Beltsville, Md., the high cholesterol counts that have given ordinary eggs their bad reputation may have been wrong to begin with. Using newer methods of testing, researchers at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven have found that conventional eggs contain between 172 and 232 mg of cholesterol, instead of the 274 previously measured. That would place them somewhat closer to the count of Rosemary Farm eggs. So even if the brave...