Word: grades
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...demand for cashmere rises, the supply is severely limited. The best cashmere is woven from the hair of Kashmir goats that are now raised in China and Mongolia. By the time the finest white cashmere reaches the U.S., it costs up to $200 a yard. A lower grade from Iran and Afghanistan goes for $100 a yard. Experiments to breed the goats elsewhere are being tried in Australia, New Zealand, Iowa, Montana and Colorado. But removed from the deserts and mountains of their rugged natural habitat, the animals grow fat and so far have produced a disappointingly coarse undercoat...
ARMS CONTROL: Opposes SDI. CENTRALAMERICA: Against aid to the contras, supportsthe Arias and Contadora peace plans.DEFICIT: Supports a balanced budgetamendment. Would cut defense spending and lowerthe unemployment and interest rates to reduce thebudget. EDUCATION: Seeks to attackilliteracy, first, by increasing beginningsalaries for grade school teachers. TAXES:Would raise taxes for individuals earning morethan $100,000 a year. Calls for a $5-per-barreloil-import fee and luxury taxes on alcohol andtobacco. TRADE: Opposes the Gephardtamendment. Sponsored legislation that would punishspecific industries that practice unfair trade...
...simply totted up to determine the winner. Instead, each skater gets a technical and an artistic score from each judge. These marks are added together and indicate whether a particular judge rates a particular skater first, second or, say, tenth. If a judge is notably stingy, never giving a grade higher than 5.5, the lucky skater who gets that 5.5 would almost certainly win that judge's nod. If two skaters tie on a judge's card, the skater with the higher technical score wins the judge...
Band members define their "new music" as the type of music heard on underground or college radio stations, "where music is not set to the eighth grade level, as most top 40 music...
...Usually the Greek grade point average is higher than the average grade point average," Benton says. "When you live in a house, you've got an impetus to work harder. You want to work harder so your house's average is higher. If you do badly, you feel like you let them down...