Word: high
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...make risky and often fraudulent loans without sufficient cash to back them up. Said New York Democrat Charles Schumer: "The S & L industry has been playing a giant game of roulette, and they have been gambling with taxpayers' money. Without tough capital rules, we will be telling these high-flying speculators, 'O.K., go back to the casinos...
...anything but wonderful. No longer children, not quite adults, they are bombarded by ! dizzying physical changes, reeling emotions and raging hormones. Today's youngsters, however, face problems far more formidable than acne or gangly limbs. Drinking, drug abuse, sexually transmitted diseases and teenage pregnancy, once the province of high schools, have drifted into the lower grades. Add to this the crippling effects of broken homes and ill-equipped parents, and it is easy to see why nearly 7 million children ages ten to 17 are considered "at risk" of becoming troubled, unproductive, even dangerous adults...
...nation's middle and junior high schools -- encompassing Grades 6 through 9 -- play a potentially crucial role in shaping the future of young adolescents. Yet these institutions have largely been left out of a flurry of educational reforms that have focused on U.S. elementary and secondary schools over the past six years. That may soon change, however. This week the spotlight will be squarely on the middle grades, as more than 200 educators, lawmakers and health specialists gather in Washington to discuss an ambitious report sponsored by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Titled "Turning Points: Preparing American Youth...
...show that the patients are suffering from partly blocked arteries. But at this point the medical paths of these men, with identical symptoms but different doctors, may diverge radically. One man lives in Beverly Hills, and the chances that he will have coronary-bypass surgery are nearly twice as high as they are for the other man, who lives in Pasadena, just 20 miles away. The Pasadena patient is more likely to be treated with drugs and a modified diet...
...doctors in different places have different methods. Within a given hospital, doctors tend to consult one another and reach a consensus on how to practice, but that consensus may not be the same in another city. In some areas, for example, the frequency of hysterectomies is three times as high as in other places. As discoveries like these accumulate, statistical evidence begins to raise doubts about the scientific certainty usually associated with medicine...