Word: lowing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cycle, and then drops again before menstruation occurs. In a study of 200 women, Doreen Kimura, a University of Western Ontario psychology professor, found that when levels of estrogen were high, the women showed greater verbal fluency and used their hands more skillfully than when levels were low. In one test of verbal dexterity, the women were asked to say "A box of mixed biscuits in a biscuit mixer" as fast as possible five times. Their average time was 14 sec. on high-estrogen days, vs. 17 sec. when hormone levels were low. On the other hand, the women...
...brilliantly explicit, it is because Beranbaum has spent years teaching, and knows where amateurs usually go wrong. Basic cakes and fillings are included, along with how-to's on decoration. Among her creations are cakes that look like pinecones, forests and dotted Swiss cascades. There are even a few low- cholesterol recipes...
...having lunch with House Speaker Jim Wright. But all the while, Bush clung to his conviction, shared by Brady, that the economy could grow its way out of the deficit without new taxes or serious spending cuts. "Our most important priority is to keep our economy growing with low inflation," he said. "We must resist the policies that will impede that effort, such as raising taxes...
Within hours, the markets echoed that skepticism, accelerating the dollar's fall to a low rate of 121.52 yen. Improved trade figures did not stanch the bleeding; the damage was halted only by the purchase of $5 billion by foreign central banks, led by the Bank of Japan. Noted John Williamson, a senior fellow at Washington's Institute of International Economics: "Foreign investors are not happy. They read Bush's lips...
...pinch, if low-key pressure fails, Harvard lobbyists "can put out a P.R. campaign that can cost a few thousand dollars," says Ole Anderson, director of the Cambridge Committee for Responsible Research, an animal rights group...