Word: lowness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...also likely to put Europe on a path of rising inflation. The decline in European inflation over the past 20 years has been the result of the dominant leadership of Germany's fiercely anti-inflationary central bank. Other European countries had to follow Germany's low-inflation policy or accept the destabilizing consequences and political embarrassment of currency devaluations in relation to the deutsche mark. With a single European Central Bank, Germany can no longer be the standard setter for Europe. The end of that leadership in monetary policy, and the associated rise of political influence over monetary affairs...
Neither do an alarming number of her peers. In contrast to their overburdened counterparts in private and suburban schools, students in Boston's 11 public district high schools give homework such a low priority that many no longer bother to carry a backpack. Frustrated teachers say often only a handful of students turn in homework, making it nearly impossible to discuss course material. The Boston Globe reported that as many as 20% of teachers have, in response, simply stopped assigning homework. "Peculiar to urban high schools is the notion that homework is an imposition," laments Boston High English teacher Riza...
Each school receives interest on its deposits, but Mass. Hall makes money by making loans back to the schools at an even higher interest rate. At the same time, it uses the loans to faculty and students, which are sometimes no- or low- interest, as a form of compensation...
During reading period, which Dartboard largely spent reading women's magazines (Page 118: "How to Trim Those Ugly Thighs"; Page 119: "Quiz: Do You Have Low Self-Esteem?"), and during exam period itself, which Dartboard is largely spending removing the plastic wrap from textbooks for tomorrow's exams, it's easy to forget the real determining factor in every-one's exam experience...
...last Ivy Council conference (held for delegates from all Ivy League undergraduate student governments), the relationship between student governments and undergraduates was discussed. The common problems were that the student governments lacked respect from students, voter turnout was low (although Harvard has the highest turnout in presidential elections in the Ivy League), and few people believed that their governments had any effectiveness in determining university policies...