Word: low
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Allende's novel focuses on the upward mobility of those from relatively low classes in Venezuela to become respected members of the country's elite. It also focuses on the corruption rampant within the military regimes and even the ensuing democracy that replaces it--to little effect...
...example of a crisis lacking solution, Grant said, "For two-thirds to three-fourths of the principal causes of death and malnutrition, there is a low-cost technology solution...
...think that morale now is at an all-time low," Harvard Captain Amy Winston said. "We do realize that UConn is an excellent team. We just have to keep our heads and chins...
...AIDS test is also widely used to screen donated blood for the virus and to check homosexual men and drug addicts, who are at high risk of AIDS. However, experts disagree over whether such screening should remain largely voluntary or be expanded to include mandatory testing of people at low risk of AIDS, such as all hospital patients...
Opponents argue that, among other things, such broad testing could falsely label many healthy people as infected. For instance, Dr. Klemens B. Meyer of the New England Medical Center has suggested that of every 10 low-risk people with positive AIDS tests, nine of them might actually be free of the virus...