Word: lowered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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These drugs are not socially acceptable, so they become the natural target for politicians. They are the drugs of decadent youth, of the poor, of a different and a lower class, Reagan and others seem to believe...
...just out of college, and we knowwhat it's like to not be able to afford a computerat IBM's prices," Bartlett said. "We try to comein with a lower-priced product that has fullIBM-compatibility...
...aging bosses seated at the defense table in the packed federal courtroom in lower Manhattan look harmless enough to be spectators at a Sunday-after noon boccie game. Anthony (Fat Tony) Salerno, 75, the reputed head of the Genovese crime family, sits aloof and alone, his left eye red and swollen from surgery. White-haired Anthony (Tony Ducks) Corallo, 73, the alleged Lucchese family chief, is casual in a cardigan and sport shirt. Carmine (Junior) Persico, 53, is the balding, baggy-eyed showman of the trio. Elegant in a black pinstripe suit, a crisp white shirt...
...bigger airlines slowly fought back. United, American, Piedmont and others have set up two-tier hiring, with lower pay scales for new employees. On some planes, the three-person flight crews of yore have been reduced to two. Established airlines have been able to offer frequent-flyer programs and the convenience of powerful computerized reservation systems to woo back customers. The counterrevolution has to a large extent worked. Says George James, president of Washington's Airline Economics: "There is far less motivation for going into the industry now that the big companies can compete well...
...level in the United States is lower because of a considerable number of blacks, Puerto Ricans, and Mexicans," Nakasone was quoted by two Japanese dailies as telling a group of fellow Liberal Democratic Party politicians. A party official later said the premier was referring to the literacy rate...