Word: leveler
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...range of possible career paths is staggering. With the law explosion, a new member of the bar can elect to try a judicial clerkship, criminal law, tax practice, public interest work, corporate law, legal aid or work in public defenders' offices, a prosecutorial job at the state or federal level, Government practice in, say, a regulatory agency, or any number of others...
...Taylor's asking price for a 69.42-carat, pear-shaped diamond that Richard Burton paid less than half as much to buy for her nine years ago. That is one of the more modest price increases in a market that has gone berserk, especially at the wholesale level. Uncut stones, particularly those less than one carat, have in many cases doubled in price just in the past 18 months...
...market-by making a big price increase. At its regular sale to selected buyers, De Beers posted a 40% price surcharge. One motive was to cut diamond-producing countries in on the profits that speculators have been reaping. De Beers also hoped to stop the hoarding; at the new level, speculators might find prices that tempt them enough to sell some of their stashed-away stones to cutters who need gems. And if supplies reaching retailers increase, prices to the end buyer of diamond rings just might hold steady...
...income taxes. Budget Director Gerald Miller agreed with a reporter that the estimate of a deficit was "a ploy." He remarked candidly that there are times "when it is appropriate to indicate the situation is not as good as it might be in order to hold down the level of spending...
...least occasionally by their real parents seemed far less troubled in their new settings. Conclude the researchers: "It is better for the child to have to cope with real parents who are obviously flawed ... than to reckon with fantasy parents who play an undermining role on the deeper level of the child's subconscious...