Search Details

Word: leveler (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...poor Hispanics and Blacks allow the poverty-level problem to perpetuate," Rodriguez says. "Because I am so ambitious and resourceful, it hurts me to see those having problems going to school and getting involved with drugs. I hate to see people waste away their lives...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: A Life of Breaking Down Barriers | 6/9/1988 | See Source »

...outcomes of the sit-in was toincrease the level of security at Ropes and Gray."We were quite surprised by what was done,"Southgate said. "We are going to try to be muchmore careful in the future...

Author: By Emily M. Bernstein, | Title: Divestment Activists Enter Not Guilty Plea | 6/8/1988 | See Source »

...main reason undergraduates were barely affected by the market's decline is that the entry-level positions seniors will fill are low-paying, short-term jobs that companies can afford to keep offering, observers...

Author: By Teresa A. Mullin, | Title: Second Thoughts About Wall Street? | 6/8/1988 | See Source »

...paranoid Soviet Union presents a greater threat to world peace than one that openly recognizes its past atrocities and encourages the expression of different views. An economically weak military superpower would be more likely to play off its area of strength; so America should welcome relations on an economic level, not in a war zone...

Author: By Andrew J. Bates, | Title: Higher Evolution | 6/7/1988 | See Source »

...many big-city public schools have degenerated into jungles of incompetence, failed objectives, even violent crime. A million U.S. high schoolers drop out annually, joining a swelling underclass of unemployables. In Los Angeles, only 229 youngsters of 1,918 at one typical school can read up to grade level. In New York City, classroom thugs committed 1,606 assaults on school grounds last year. A showcase failure among the wreckage has been Jersey City, an 86% minority system where only 25.9% of ninth-graders can pass standard proficiency exams...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: When Schools Become Jungles | 6/6/1988 | See Source »

Previous | 147 | 148 | 149 | 150 | 151 | 152 | 153 | 154 | 155 | 156 | 157 | 158 | 159 | 160 | 161 | 162 | 163 | 164 | 165 | 166 | 167 | Next