Word: leveler
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Victoria, second in size only to North America's Lake Superior, on the high plateau near by. On either side of the great central rift, Middle Africa's land stretches out in vast monotonous terraces that drop in sudden sharp steps from 6,000 ft. to the level of the sea like the tiered bastions of some huge island fortress. Its rivers meander in wide swings and detours on their path to the sea, now rushing at breakneck speed through some narrow gorge, now cascading in a sheer drop of 350 ft. or more to the level below...
...split-level, $20,000 development house designed by the architectural firm of Danforth Compton and Walter Pierce and built by Edward Green and Harmon White in Lexington, Mass., nine miles northwest of downtown Boston. The exterior is finished in cedar to match the rustic surroundings. The interior is separated into functional areas on a triple-level scheme: three bedrooms and bath on the top level; living room, dining room, kitchen and main entrance on the middle level; playroom, utility room and garage (convertible into two more bedrooms) on the lower level...
...home owners, laid on a lunch of home-slaughtered-bison pie at Woburn Abbey for a luxury tour of 51 Americans. Although they have paid more for their food, fuel and transport since the Suez crisis, the tourist-conscious Britons have kept restaurant and hotel prices at the same level as last year while raising the quality of tourist meals. In London, one Mayfair pub owner has installed a charcoal grill for the U.S. trade...
Brazil expects a 40% boost in tourism for the comfortably cool "winter season" in July, thanks to tourist-fare cut rates introduced by air and sea lines. Hotel and restaurant prices have risen 20% in the past year, but are still only about half the U.S. level...
...order to qualify for advanced standing a student must generally obtain advanced placement in three subjects. At present, besides being able to skip PT, the advanced standing sophomore is released from GenEd Ahf, need take only one lower level general education course, and can satisfy his degree requirements in three years...