Word: lows
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...little nervous at the start, butshe totally bounced back," Teller said. "She wasdominant for the rest of the game, keeping theball low...
While the number of tenured faculty women has been slowly increasing in recent years, the current figures remain disheartening. As reported by Elizabeth Doherty, only 58 out of 433 tenured faculty, or 13.4 percent are women. Some of the discrepancy occurs because of the low turnover of professorships, which means that there are relatively few vacancies, but this is an insufficient explanation. Dean of the Faculty, Jeremy Knowles, in a meeting with CEWH members suggested that there were not enough top women in the pipeline. In fact, in many fields the pipeline is overflowing...
While the number of tenured faculty women has been slowly increasing in recent years, the current figures remain disheartening. As reported by Elizabeth Doherty, only 58 out of 433 tenured faculty, or 13.4 percent are women. Some of the discrepancy occurs because of the low turnover of professorships, which means that there are relatively few vacancies, but this is an insufficient explanation. Dean of the Faculty, Jeremy Knowles, in a meeting with CEWH members suggested that there were not enough top women in the pipeline. In fact, in many fields the pipeline is overflowing...
...disinterest in one-night stands is linked to the fact that the class of 2002 drinks less beer than any other first-years in the 33 years of the survey's history. But if they're not at the bar, they're not reading the newspaper either. A record low 25.9 percent consider keeping up with politics important. Fourteen percent frequently discuss political matters...
...gleeful exclamation of 65-year-old Desiree, a recent immigrant from Haiti, when she finally comprehended the term. Native English speakers take the words "broom," "sweep," "dishes" and "hammer" for granted. These brand new vocabulary words and phrases will be of critical importance to newly arrived low-income Americans, as they struggle to understand help-wanted advertisements, American shopping malls and even soap operas...