Word: lowers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...means "economic" as well as "monetary" union. There is official talk about harmonizing taxes, employment rules and other policies that are currently made by national governments in order to reduce the competitive advantage enjoyed by European countries with lower tax rates and more flexible labor markets...
...reduce the ability of European companies to compete in world markets. The result will be increased trade friction with the U.S. and other countries as Europe attempts to block American and other non-European products on the ground that they are made under "unfair conditions," i.e, in countries with lower tax rates and more flexible labor markets...
...frustrations that homework visits upon kids can irk their parents to the point of revolt. David Kooyman, of Covina, Calif., was so incensed about his three grade-schoolers' homework load that he exacted a pledge from their teachers not to lower his kids' grades if they didn't do assignments. When the kids found themselves lost in class discussions, Kooyman reluctantly allowed them to do the homework, but he is planning to sue the school district for violating his civil rights. "They have us hostage to homework," he grumbles. "I'm 47, and I have 25-year-old teachers telling...
...high and high school. What about younger children? In 1989 University of Missouri psychology professor Harris Cooper reviewed more than 100 studies on homework and concluded that while benefits from homework can be measured starting in junior high, the effect of home assignments on standardized test scores in the lower grades is negligible or nonexistent. "Piling on massive amounts of homework will not lead to gains," Cooper says, "and may be detrimental by leading children to question their abilities...
...Largent gave the president his first real challenge of the evening. They proved that they could match Clinton's vague propositions with abstractions of their own. Just as the president spoke generally about the benefits of bigger government, the GOP's dynamic duo talked broadly about the benefits of lower taxes, causing their two ideological ships to pass each other peacefully on the Potomac...