Word: levelling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Maybe its because I'm a Republican, but I really don't believe that the campaign was racist. Many felt that the ads about Willie Horton being released in a Massachusetts prison furlough were playing on some level of racial fears, creating an us-against-them atmosphere...
...only remaining barrier to University plans for affiliate housing on the site--now the largest undeveloped plot of land in Harvard Square--is clean-up of a "low level" of oil found on the property last summer, said Marilyn L. O'Connell, assistant director for urban planning and community affairs...
Pushing the relatively weak Russian economy to keep up with the American arms buildup (redoubled in the '80s) and underwrite expansionism has led the Soviet Union into dire straits and the desire to lower the level of the arms race--an option made possible since U.S. policy is committed to the "containment" and not the "rollback" of Communism...
Harvard maintained its high level of play on Friday. Bucknell squeaked away with another one-run defensive thriller, 1-0, in the first game. The Crimson had chances to score--including a bases-loaded, no-out situation in the third inning--but was unable to come up with the timely hit. Bucknell scored on a bang-bang play at the plate...
...less pollution. A Mono County businessman suggests that the sale of water rights ought to be regulated to prevent profiteering. But here Willey hews to the free-market line: even if the price per acre-foot starts out high, he says, competition will drive it down to a fair level as other irrigation districts try to get in on the action. Beyond that, someone has to pick up the bill for the replacement water. Los Angeles has agreed to pay part of the cost of the pilot project. E.D.F. has committed itself to raising the remainder, partly by lobbying...