Word: lowers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this art-industry, Hollywood in 1930 charged Will Hays, a former Postmaster General, with establishing and enforcing standards for screen stories and behavior. At times the regulators used diplomacy: one official, objecting to gruesome screams in Murders in the Rue Morgue, suggested "reducing the constant loud shrieking to lower moans and an occasional modified shriek." At other times they took the stern approach, telling Howard Hughes he was forbidden to make the gangster film Scarface. The producer's response, in a memo to director Howard Hawks: "Screw the Hays Office. Start the picture and make it as realistic, as exciting...
...Express Financial Advisers. If you're a novice investor tempted to buy on margin, using leverage is O.K., but you may need to set aside more money than you think to play this game. If you buy on margin, better to stick to high-quality equities, which have a lower downside risk. Borrowing to buy volatile Internet stocks is walking the high wire. And right now that wire is really, really high...
...plenty of exercise can decrease your need for medication or even eliminate it. In 1997 a study called Dietary Approaches to Stopping Hypertension showed for the first time that a diet rich in fruits and vegetables, includes low-fat dairy products and keeps the lid on saturated fat can lower blood pressure dramatically. It might take you a while to get used to eating the required eight to 10 servings of fruits and vegetables a day, which is twice what most Americans consume, but your efforts are likely to be rewarded. Among members of the multiethnic study group, diastolic pressure...
JOBS VS. GRADES Traditional student jobs may result in teens studying less and scoring lower in math and science, Penn State researchers reported last week. And benefits from after-school jobs, such as practical application of math, are less available because of increased reliance on equipment like coded-key registers. So if your kids have to work, make sure they hit the books before they punch the clock...
...polls, that have outlawed the use of racial preferences in California, Washington and other states. That's why so much is riding on two lawsuits filed by whites who claim that they were denied admission to Michigan because of their race, pointing out that some black applicants with lower test scores and grade-point averages were admitted. If affirmative action at Michigan can't survive these assaults, it's probably doomed at every other state campus in the nation...