Word: leveler
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...indicators, a barometer of future economic performance, fell .6% in January. But economists were encouraged by the Government's revision of the December index, which changed from a .2% drop to a .3% increase. Moreover, the unemployment rate fell from 5.8% in January to 5.7% in February, the lowest level since July 1979. While retail sales were sluggish in February, most economists expect rising exports to keep the economy going through the rest of the year at least...
...some industries the bench is almost empty already. Paper mills are producing at 97% of total capacity, while primary metal and chemical manufacturers are operating at more than 90%. Overall, U.S. factories were running at an average of 82% capacity at the end of last year, the highest level since...
Forget what you know. His universe is filled with a near infinity of "morphic fields" that come not only from all matter, but also emanate from ensembles of objects on every level of analysis. For example, Sheldrake writes, all molecules have their own fields, but when combined in a cell, the cell gives off its own special field, and thus any recognizable unit is more than the sum of its parts. Through the process of "morphic resonance," fields act on similar fields and become even more alike. This reasoning forms the basis of Sheldrake's central hypothesis, which he calls...
...attempt to utilize effectively the space of the North House Dining Hall. director Blake Spraggins often stages scenes simultaneously on the upper and lower levels, with less than successful results. Actors meander aimlessly through the audience, pretending not to notice a love song being performed above them. The clatter of actors fumbling with props on the upper level disrupts speech on the lower level. In the final scene, most of the dialogue crucial to the resolution of the plot cannot rise above the noise of stomping feet, as the actors chase each other all over the stage...
...leave every semester. At the same time, they are left to cope with students in annex housing, some of whom keep Dudley affiliation while their roommates go elsewhere. And although admistrators, house officials, and other house masters agree that Dudley House is uniquely able to provide a high level of services for both transfer students and voluntary nonresidents, the Loebs say the strain is too great...