Word: lowering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bell tower where he can hear the euphony of wind and birds and a distantly remembered lullaby, until a screeching train cuts off his reverie. Emotive yet astringent, these are moments worthy of Charles Laughton in a play sometimes deserving of comparison with Gorky's The Lower Depths. If Soviet theater remains for the most part an art in search of significant new voices, in this play and production it has found...
...Court will review a lower court's decision to overturn a Missouri law restricting the use of public facilities and funds for abortion and abortion counseling...
WHILL much of its independence was eventually compromised in return for economic aid from the Soviet Union, Cuba has retained many independent policies, modifying its economy in a centrally directed process of "rectification," not "restructuring." Cuba's foreign debt is substantially lower than that of its U.S.-supported counterparts...
...Cooks are sometimes hired through ads in the local papers, but HUDS encourages Union employees in lower positions to become cooks through on-the-job training...
Critics have said that the Nunn bill discriminates against lower-income students by requiring them to take time off in order to fulfill the Civilian Service or military requirement...