Word: lowered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...When were the transfusions administered? The risk period was from 1978 until April 1985, but the earlier the blood was received, the lower the infection risk...
...Nicaraguan who now lives in Nevada. Cardoza-Fonseca unsuccessfully claimed before theINS that if forced to return, she would face torture because her brother is a former Sandinista who was imprisoned and tortured by his onetime comrades before he escaped to the U.S. Justice Stevens upheld a lower-court ruling that the INS must reconsider her case using the more lenient standard. In a dissent joined by Chief Justice William Rehnquist and Byron White, Lewis Powell maintained it was reasonable for the INS to find no practical distinction between a "clear probability" and "well-founded fear...
...chief reason for Nakasone's sagging fortunes is his attempt to include an unpopular 5% sales levy in a comprehensive tax-reform proposal. Although the measure for many consumers would be offset by lower income tax rates, it has riled even some members of Nakasone's party. Boasts Socialist Leader Takako Doi: "We are seeing an outpouring among conservatives angry with the sales tax because it violates Nakasone's election pledge not to impose new taxes." Nakasone retorts, somewhat lamely, that the long list of goods and firms exempt from the measure qualifies it as merely a "medium-sized...
...federal and state telephone regulators recommended to the Federal Communications Commission the phasing in over the next two years of a $1.50-a-month increase in the $2 subscriber line fee charged to households and small businesses across the country. The hike would be used in part to lower long-distance charges by as much as $17 billion over the next six years...
...than other males and more likely to have a history of antisocial behavior. The rapists and their victims are usually in the 15-to-24 age group. The women are often alone in a new environment, like a college campus. Compared with other women, the victims generally suffer from lower self-esteem and are not very good at asserting themselves. One woman, raped by her date at a fraternity party, said she decided not to scream for help because she did not want to embarrass the rapist...