Word: levelling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Councillors also raised questions about the quality of Cambridge's water supply, which continues to contain more than the maximum allowable level of sodium set by the state. Council members said they were concerned about the state's salt storage near Cambridge's reservoirs and the salt used on Route...
There is a danger in playing a team far worse than you. It is the Michael Dukakis principle--you play down to the level of your competition...
During the menstrual cycle, the blood level of estrogen, a female sex hormone, rises sharply before ovulation, about midway in the cycle, and then drops again before menstruation occurs. In a study of 200 women, Doreen Kimura, a University of Western Ontario psychology professor, found that when levels of estrogen were high, the women showed greater verbal fluency and used their hands more skillfully than when levels were low. In one test of verbal dexterity, the women were asked to say "A box of mixed biscuits in a biscuit mixer" as fast as possible five times. Their average time...
...criticism that "this is a fakey way to meet," admits Stern, "because love should hit you like a lightning bolt." Well, she insists, it doesn't. "The chances of meeting somebody nowadays in urban areas who is real suitable for you and who is going to be on your level in terms of intelligence and your life goals has got to be 1 in 1,000." Pamela Lloyd, a 30-year-old M.B.A. at a Chicago corporate real estate services firm, agrees. "It's hit or miss. All the men I met couldn't accept intelligence in a woman...
...departure sparked a high level of emotion. Some 200 Kovach supporters staged a mock funeral in downtown Atlanta, protesting the "death of a free press." Last week assistant managing editor Dudley Clendinen announced his resignation, complaining of the "continuing collision" between corporate and editorial factions. Management, he said, "sees readers as a market, as opposed to people who need information...