Word: levelling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...feats of self-transcendence, to do the things that we can only dream of doing -- like hitting a 100-m.p.h. fast ball or leaping over fences to make the catch that saves the day. By those standards Boggs is one of the greatest wonders in the game today, whose level of consistent excellence would be the envy of anyone in any job. The vicissitudes of his private life are as irrelevant as his habit of eating chicken before every game...
...Government insists that pesticides pose little hazard to health. The EPA sets limits for the amounts of residue left in foods that are well below what it considers to be danger levels. And regular checks by the Food and Drug Administration of both domestic and imported crops uncover few violations. In 1987, for example, the FDA tested 14,492 food samples, about one-third of them fruits and vegetables, and found that less than 1% of the items had residues that exceeded the legally allowable EPA level. No pesticides at all were detected...
What individuals can and should do is have their water tested for lead by a certified lab. If the level is too high, they can investigate ways to deal with the problem or switch to bottled water for drinking and cooking. Even then, caution is called for: some bottled waters contain many of the same contaminants that tap water does. The only way to know what is in the bottled water is to have it tested...
...only reason I decided to enroll in the Navy ROTC. I take great pride in serving my country and defending our democratic principles. In regard to higher education, I don't see how the teaching of leadership, responsibility and honesty can do anything but raise the level of education...
...Security performed beautifully, brilliantly, in this case. As long as we go on performing at that level, we will be fine," he said...