Word: lowered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Lower percentage assumes presence of 2 million undocumented aliens in the estimated population; upper percentage assumes presence of 4 million undocumented aliens. The census population used in calculating the total population rates is the actual count, including an estimated 2 million undocumented aliens that were counted...
...first husband to marry Dean Gould, and the couple is now expecting a child of their own. But the justices also restored the parental rights of Whitehead- Gould, which the trial judge had terminated, and invalidated last year's adoption of Melissa by Elizabeth Stern. By instructing a lower court to decide the question of Whitehead-Gould's visitation rights, they also opened the way * for her to maintain contact with her daughter for many years to come...
...admissions do exist at Harvard and at universities nationwide. The stark difference between the 13.3 percent acceptance rate of Asian students and the 17.0 percent rate of their white peers makes this fact undeniably clear. To understand why, examine closely the factors the Admissions Office statement gave for the lower Asian-American rate: a relative absence of legacy parents and a slight deficiency in high school extracurricular activity...
...admissions office also stated that Asian American applicants participate less in extra-curriculars than their white peers. However, even granting this (which many Harvard Asian students deny), its validity as an excuse for lower admission rates is questionable on several grounds...
...patient care gathered in the halls connecting the two buildings to watch the children's faces as they caught the first glimpse of their new surroundings. They were not disappointed. The patients were visibly excited about the large, windowed patient rooms and playrooms, and the beds that raise and lower automatically...