Word: lowered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dietary war against cholesterol, previously unglamorous oat bran has experienced a jump of 600% in sales this year for the Quaker Oats Co. alone. Health buffs are sprinkling this supposed miracle on virtually everything, even high-fashion muffins. Only the farmers seem unenchanted. Oat bran still brings a far lower price than corn and barley, and so is not likely to be given more acreage...
...week's appointments, Bush had one woman and one minority -- holdover Education Secretary Lauro Cavazos, a Hispanic -- in his top management team. Bush promises to do more to broaden the mix. His talent scouts have mounted a national drive to recruit more minorities and females for sub-Cabinet and lower-level positions. Vows the President-elect: "Stay tuned. We're only about halfway through...
...easy to imagine someone watching the show who doesn't realize that it is all right for men and women to share domestic responsibilities and have equal job status. If that person learns that a huge majority of men think women should be relegated to a lower caste, the result is a subtle, but effective way of reinforcing inequality. But knowledge of how people think is the key to changing their views, even if it is just knowledge we get from game shows...
Cholesterol is found only in animal products, sometimes to a high degree: one egg yolk has 272 mg, and 3 oz. of beef liver has 331 mg. Saltwater fish, on the other hand, are extremely low in cholesterol and also contain omega-3 fatty acids, which may lower LDL levels. Not all seafood is as highly recommended: shrimp and crab, for example, have twice as much cholesterol as fish. Grundy's major candidates for removal from the diet are eggs and organ meats, such as liver...
With confusion in the lower courts, the U. S. Supreme Court prepares to take another look at how many secular trappings must surround publicly supported creches and menorahs...