Word: markedness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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One of the economy's most serious potential problems this year will be not so much domestic but international. There is some doubt about whether U.S. growth can revive strongly in the face of a slowdown in Western Europe and Japan. Business news from overseas is gloomy: declining profits...
Nor do the problems end there. Developments on steep slopes often are served by a single access road that by itself alters the natural flow of moisture. Moreover, with only one road for access, any subdivision can become a dangerous firetrap. "Many developers seem not to realize that fire runs...
It was easy to believe the story that Chevalier returned periodically to the Berlitz School to perfect his French accent in English. Chevalier was marked by America long before he saw the Statue of Liberty. "My first influence was the American music hall," he has explained. "I remember seeing the...
Stiff checking and hard skating by Crimson defensemen Janicek and Seannell, and fine goal-tending by Rick Moseley, allowed the Bruins only 3 goals, and marked an unusually fine performance.
"abbit" Angstrom once yearned for freedom. One night in '59, he went out for cigarettes and never returned. He fled: from a drunken, child-like wife, and a dank, frame-house row-home apartment. From wealthy in-laws, and cloyingly supportive parents. From the town of Mt. Judge, Pa., once...