Word: lows
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...behind the compound while Indonesians soldiers fired at them. On Friday morning, with 400 U.N. staff and the majority of the journalists prepared to leave, the atmosphere was still tense. My feelings were mixed as I left in the back of an Indonesian army truck, my head forced down low by the soldiers guarding us. I was happy to leave the intimidation, exhaustion and squalor. But I felt devastated to leave a country and people I had grown to love to a desperate and brutal future...
...jobs that I might otherwise pay an outsider to do, such as shoveling snow from the walk or raking leaves. But we're abandoning our allowance farce--after I repay the $257 I owe her. Fortunately for me, she has generously offered to let me retire that debt at low interest, in weekly installments--you know, kind of like an allowance...
...Aren't savings bonds an investing anachronism? Not necessarily. They're especially well suited for anyone who puts away only $50 or $100 at a time (and saving any amount you can is worth doing) or who doesn't have a decent retirement plan at work. Increasing our anemically low national savings rate in this manner may emerge as the bureau's new mission...
...resurfaced as an intensifier or term of approval, which for someone my age is really weird," she said. "'Sketchy,' when applied to a new acquaintance, is definitely not a compliment--though what it is is not clear to me. My students tell me on the DL, or 'down low,' that I'm really random. Whatever...
...Harvard sailing team tops even the squash team for low campus profile. Even with three returning All-Americans, it does not rate a spot on the official Harvard Athletics web site, a privilege even the Alpine and Nordic ski teams enjoy...