Word: leveler
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Enormous regional variations in food production contribute to uneven distribution, he said. With 17 per cent of China's people living below the base level nutrition standards, the average life span is about 60 years, he added...
This psychological intensity, combined with top-level coaching and seven months of unrelieved practice, comes to a head during racing season. Beginning this weekend, when the crew competes in the San Diego Classic regatta, all the emotion cascades in a series of six-minute races that seem to suspend time. The concentrated pre-race tension is just the beginning. "It's hell on the starting line," grimaces Doug Wood, "The idea of the agony you're going to go through for six minutes is enough to make you quit. And there's always the extra pressure of a Harvard tradition...
...surprise team was the Crimson. Favored to finish no better than fifth against competition that was mostly varsity-level, Harvard made it to the three-team final round with an 8-4 record in the preliminary round-robin...
Similarly, scientists have found that a low level of the neurotransmitter serotonin may be linked to insomnia. Researchers have been experimenting with tryptophan, the chemical from which the body makes serotonin. Only a small dose of tryptophan-which is found in many foods, notably milk-seems to ease the insomniac to sleep...
...simply telling you that there is not a threshold level, that all nuclear radiation harms," Wald told the crowd, which punctuated his and other speeches with cries of "No Nukes...