Word: lowering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...progesterone. The drugs can cut 21 days off the time needed for an animal to reach 1,000 lbs. and at the same time promote development of leaner meat. Ranchers say this translates into savings for them (the $1 implant shaves roughly $20 off the feeding bill) and lower prices and less fatty meat for consumers...
...court ordered further lower court hearings to determine whether the Customs Service rules also should apply to workers with access to classified information...
...charge of the editorial page that included Hsia's insulting journalistic effort. If this official of The Crimson, a publication so prestigious as to warrant a feature aricle in the New England Monthly, could allow such an article to be printed, exactly how dangerously uninformed are those of a lower rank who oversee the publication of similar articles or editorials dealing with the minority community? Clearly, this is unacceptable...
...Brady proposal hopes to reverse that tide by giving lenders an incentive to ease the pressure on debt-ridden countries. A banker, for example, might be willing to accept lower interest payment on an existing loan -- 6% a year, say, as opposed to 10% -- if assured that all interest payments would be made on time. In recent years, many strapped Latin debtors have repeatedly made late interest payments. This has an immediate and painful effect on the creditor bank, since it lowers its quarterly earnings. Under the new plan, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank would insure that...
...political price the government would pay to win support for economic austerity measures. Last week, to just about everyone's surprise, the negotiators disclosed that they had agreed on a thorough reorganization of the political system. The reform would include the creation of a senate to complement the existing lower house, or Sejm, with members chosen in free elections, as well as the institution of a powerful presidency, with the officeholder selected by parliament. Said Jacek Kuron, a leader of the banned Solidarity trade union: "This is a step toward democracy, the like of which has never been taken before...