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Word: leveler (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Nozick, who had been teaching about 40 students in two courses at the undergraduate and graduate level, said he does not expect to return to teaching duties during this academic year...

Author: By M. DOUGLAS Omalley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Prof. Nozick Cancels Classes | 3/8/1999 | See Source »

...Furthermore, as millions of women prove daily by the sweat of their brow, the muscle gap is not carved in stone. Hales reports on a 1995 U.S. Army test of female physical potential, in which 41 out-of-shape women--students, lawyers, bartenders and new mothers--achieved the fitness level of male Army recruits in just six months of working out, getting to where they could jog two miles with a 75-lb. backpack and do dozens of squats with a 100-lb. weight on their shoulders. In competitive sports too, women have been playing a stunning game of catch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Real Truth About The Female Body | 3/8/1999 | See Source »

...more sociable anatomy, including a uterus that fluffs itself up every month in hopes of housing a baby, and a pair of spigots on the chest at which Baby eventually may dine. The surprising thing is that women are the more communistic sex, right down to the cellular level. Fetal cells derived from a woman's offspring may survive in her bloodstream decades after childbirth. What's more, the fabled liabilities of the female condition are sometimes revealed as strengths. Researchers have found that PMS--which has become a handy three-letter slur directed at the aggressive, or merely irritated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Real Truth About The Female Body | 3/8/1999 | See Source »

...markets and the evils of crony capitalism, yet have done more to subvert the free market than any other American economic navigators to date. They are anything but saviors of the world. By undermining the free markets on behalf of Wall Street special interests, they have destroyed the once level playing field and removed the essential element of risk necessary to keep markets rational. DAVID COHEN Los Angeles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 8, 1999 | 3/8/1999 | See Source »

There was no public grousing when New York City police confiscated Francisco Almonte's car. Shortly after he slammed into a taxi last week, the 57-year-old Queens resident took a Breathalyzer test that showed he had a blood-alcohol level of 0.19, almost twice the legal limit of 0.10. Then there was the matter of his eight previous arrests for drunk driving. The grumbling began later, when the N.Y.P.D. took possession of a 1988 Acura that belonged to librarian Pavel Grinberg. The Polish immigrant, 28, who had been swerving when police pulled him over, was legally drunk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gotham on the Wagon | 3/8/1999 | See Source »

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