Word: leveller
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Dukakis does make it to the White House, colleagues speculate that the governor would likely offer her a high level position in the administration...
...finished the year with, say, $25,500, a respectable profit of more than 50%, a book would have been pointless. Who needs How I Made $9,000 by Incredibly Shrewd Investing? Though Rothchild may not have realized this at the outset, only calamity could produce a level of melodrama salable in bookstores. (He is not a member of the illustrious European banking family, which spells its name Rothschild and usually surmounts calamity...
...which two-thirds of the women and half the men are obese. Though there were variations among individuals, researchers generally found that the slower the metabolism, the greater the weight gain. Yet after a gain of between 20 lbs. and 45 lbs., % metabolism rates changed, rising to a new level...
...Irish Republic, an irate Prime Minister Charles Haughey ordered an independent investigation of the case on Dublin's side of the border. Over recent weeks, the Republic has grown mistrustful of British judicial and security procedures. The situation was not helped by allegations that McAnespie, who had done low-level electioneering for Sinn Fein, the political arm of the Irish Republican army, had regularly been harassed at the same checkpoint. Haughey's decision infuriated British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who declared that Dublin had no right to inquire into "matters north of the border...
...watched the evangelist's shows for a decade: "Brother Swaggart is an imperfect human being, but the Bible says those who love the Lord and seek the truth shall have their sins forgiven if they repent." Still, there is doubt whether Swaggart will ever again have the same level of revival stardom or draw such big TV and in-person audiences in the U.S. and overseas...