Word: lowered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this reason, as technology hurdles us forward into the great unknown, it is important that we do not ignore what distinguishes us from the lower beasts of the jungle and what therefore makes us far more likely to be invited to many of the more festive occasions of the well-to-do--that is, our unlimited ability to be confused. Humanity's inherent confusion sparks the randomness of thought that is necessary to advance society. Random thoughts breed invention, and inventions--if the copyright is secured--often lead to joyous quantities of nice crisp money...
...seat in front of you allows you to move anywhere in the first place. Besides, why would you need a seat belt? In case of sudden stops? To prevent you from going through the windshield? In case of a head-on collision? To keep everybody's insurance rates lower? Or to keep you in your seat so you don't walk around the plane and try to hit on the stewardesses, or worse, ask for a free drink...
...jubilant. With reason: the patrician Ongpin had won an impressive new financial deal from U.S. and foreign bankers for the still struggling government of President Corazon Aquino. Payments on nearly half of the country's $28.2 billion foreign debt had been rescheduled at interest rates nearly 40% lower than the banks had originally demanded, saving about $1 billion. Ongpin had also won approval for a novel method of turning some of the remaining interest into badly needed foreign investment. Said Betty Starkey, an analyst at Multinational Strategies, a Manhattan-based economic-consulting firm: "The Philippines has pulled off a coup...
...play focuses on two groups in a segregated waiting area of Savannah's train depot. On one bench sit The Marshalls, a stiff and respectable Black family--Mother (Erika Dilday), Father (Mark Awobuluyi) and teenage daughter Bridget (Elizabeth Wint). Two lower-class "white boys," Jackie Saunders (Steve Barr) and Benny Jones (Scott Chavez), eye them from across the bare stage, whispering and wondering "what it's like to live like them...
...said backs, not butts, not anywhere lower on the body. You keep your hands on their backs," he cautioned...