Word: faste
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...psychology professor, found that when levels of estrogen were high, the women showed greater verbal fluency and used their hands more skillfully than when levels were low. In one test of verbal dexterity, the women were asked to say "A box of mixed biscuits in a biscuit mixer" as fast as possible five times. Their average time was 14 sec. on high-estrogen days, vs. 17 sec. when hormone levels were low. On the other hand, the women's spatial abilities -- picking a shape out of a complex pattern, for example -- were stronger on low-estrogen days...
Assistant EPA Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency Response. Bush has promised to do a better job on the environment, which after eight years of not so benign neglect needs attention fast. The new boss of the $8.5 billion Superfund will be caught between environmentalists, outraged that only a fraction of the 1,177 highly contaminated sites on the agency's list were cleaned up under Reagan, and corporations balking at paying for it. On top of that, this administrator will have to find inventive ways to keep medical syringes and other noxious debris from washing up on the nation...
...Trade Representative. Last week's numbers notwithstanding, the trade deficit remains a major threat to the domestic economy. The next trade rep, with fast-track negotiating powers, will face a thorny round of talks with members of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the need to continue pressing Japan and other U.S. trading partners to open more of their markets to American exporters...
Like many Californians in the fast lane, Julie Kulas believes that the good life calls for a sleek and stylish car. So when the Los Angeles banker bought a new auto two years ago, she chose a $20,000 Porsche. That was the easy part. When she went shopping for auto insurance, two companies refused to insure the sports car. Stunned by their rejection, Kulas wound up with a firm that charges $4,600 a year to insure the Porsche and her husband's BMW. Says she: "This is outrageous. We're being penalized just because we have nice cars...
...have a physically fast, extremely talented team this year," Duncan said. "We will fast break and press a lot more than last year. It's a lot more exciting brand of basketball--the kind everyone likes to play...