Word: lowering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...years) illustrates the "babble of voices" that plagues Democratic efforts to unite on an issue. Critics say Foley and Rostenkowski threw in the towel too early; Mitchell girded his loins too late; and Bentsen, who delivered the party's response to Bush's economic message last winter, favors a lower rate...
...from ired elders who awakened belatedly to the fact that they are going to have to pay hefty premiums if catastrophic-illness coverage remains a part of Medicare. Congress and the White House will probably agree to cut back on some benefits, such as payment for prescription drugs, to lower premiums that could amount to $1,600 a year for a couple...
Toward the back of the plane, one of the press photographers was sliding lower in his seat, clutching his stomach, turning gray. His worried colleagues were at a loss to help him until someone remembered there was a doctor on board -- and summoned the Prime Minister...
...actors, Douglas lands somewhere between Stallone (on the lower end of the `tough cop' scale) and Clint Eastwood (on the upper end). Douglas manages to create a surprisingly appealing character despite the poor script...
Education will have to emanate from the top directed specifically toward the lower economic stratum of the community, who were never great economic beneficiaries of the advances made by the movement. The alternative is the perpetuation of an endless cycle of a selectively small percentage who are able to go on to higher education while the vast majority languishes uneducated...