Word: lowness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...humiliating loss in this morning's three-mile race was not followed by the kind of comeback we hoped for in this afternoon's 1500m piece. Admittedly we didn't have much preparation at higher ratings, and we've only been on the water three week. The rating was low, the ratio was elusive and the set was sloppy...
...Carrie pays with bills from a silver plastic wallet. Beth comes over and hands her a glass of water. "Mambo Number Five" plays on the loudspeaker, and Carrie bops her shoulders and beats a pattern on her leg with one hand. Beth wiggles her hips; the spikes on her low-slung belt jut from side to side. Neither smiles...
...changing demographic of Cambridge has two aspects. On the one hand, the elimination of rent control has forced low-income families out of Cambridge. The result is that the bilingual program's enrollment is significantly lower than it once was. In the 1970s, the number of students enrolled was around 300; today that number hovers around 180. On top of the reduced enrollment, the teachers face a wider variety of nationalities in the classroom. When the program first began, the student were mostly Greek, Portugese, Hispanic or Haitian. Today, there are greater instances of "low-incidence languages," with students from...
...critics argue not only against the technique itself, but also against its practitioners, whom they characterize as "imperialists" and, they say, whose interest in undergraduates is often as low as student interest in their highly quantitative subject matter...
...this machine is downshifting for a more low-key fundraising effort aimed at helping out areas neglected in the campaign and other, new initiatives...