Word: leveller
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...definitely a force to be reckoned with," Toner said. "A lot of the freshmen are going to come around and start to peak as they make the transformation from high school to the intercollegiate level...
...disappointed to miss that race against Washington," stroke John Amory said, "since I'm a Seattle native. It also cast a shadow over the tournament for me because we didn't have to deal with the same level of fatigue as the other crews...
...weak and marginal strata, Blacks being prominent among them. Such presidential campaigns are hardly new in American politics. Furthermore, Jackson is hardly the only presidential candidate of significance who never held elected office as governor or congressman; neither Grant nor Eisenhower held these offices, and at the intellectual level they were boobs compared to Jackson...
...Griff it has been for much of Thomas Griffith's 45 years in the corridors of Time Inc. For the past twelve years he has been turning out TIME's Newswatch column. Readers who have come to know and respect the column's level-headed analyses of the press and its foibles will not be surprised to learn that the reader comes first in Griffith's mind. "I never considered it my role to defend the press," he says. "I start with the reader's curiosity and concern about the information he's getting. Sometimes this means explaining what...
...Afghanistan and Pakistan; indirectly, the U.S. and the Soviet Union -- were prepared to sign the accords within a week, the response from Washington was more cautious. Administration sources noted that the Soviets had yet to answer formally the U.S. demand for the right to arm the rebels at a level "symmetrical" to Soviet military assistance to Kabul. Since the superpowers' symmetry discussion has not been a part of the Geneva negotiations, it will probably be covered in a separate declaration. Speaking on U.S. television after a futile round of shuttle diplomacy in the Middle East, U.S. Secretary of State George...