Word: leveler
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Most staff members are under 40, well educated, well paid (many are at the $40,000 level), and reflect the political leanings of their employers. Their power has grown out of the desire of Congress to compete with the previously overwhelming expertise of the vast bureaucracy of the Executive Branch. Also, legislative issues have grown more complex, and Congress has taken its watchdog function over the Administration more seriously. No Congressman can hope to absorb by himself most of the increasingly technical information demanded by both the expanded work of Congress and a more insistent and sophisticated public...
...with a handful of longtime aides. New revelations about the director's imperial peccadilloes have emerged regularly since his death in 1972. Last week the Justice Department released a report that added more detail to the picture of petty privilege and cronyism at the FBI's top level during the Hoover reign...
...important early warning sign of prostatic cancer has been recognized for 40 years: a marked rise in the bloodstream of an enzyme-acid phosphatase-produced by the prostate gland. As the disease progresses, the level continues to rise. The challenge has been to develop tests sensitive and reliable enough to detect the increase before the cancer spreads. Now. in a sudden spurt of research activity at several medical centers, at least two promising new techniques are being tested...
Private banks and insurance companies have been trying to please customers by writing loan agreements and policy forms in high school-level English. In Massachusetts, State Representative Lois Pines last year pushed through a bill requiring insurance companies to limit their policies to the simplest and clearest language. The state of Michigan now has an "understandable-language bill" under consideration. New York Governor Hugh Carey has signed a bill, to go into effect this spring, providing $50 fines for failure to use "nontechnical language" in consumer contracts...
...Orleans history: $1.5 billion worth to date. There are now 10,000 quality hotel rooms within a short stroll of the dome. The most convenient of all is the 1,200-room Hyatt Regency, which has a broad elevated ramp leading to the Superdome's second level over Loyola Avenue. There is a new 1,200-room Hilton that has enjoyed the most successful first year of any hotel in the chain. Near by is a 42-story Marriott, which has 1,000 rooms and is adding 414 more. It will be topped by a new 50-story...