Word: populares
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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FINALLY, universal education is an essential component of our political system. Popular democracy rejects noblesse oblige in favor of the sovereignty of the common people. However, this presupposes an informed electorate or at least one that is capable of becoming informed through reading and writing...
Some of the most ingenious schemes have sprung up in California, where prices are generally highest. To buy a $244,000, three-bedroom house last year in suburban Orange County, Elise and Rick Petree, engineers with a combined annual salary of $70,000, used an increasingly popular technique known as equity sharing. A private investor put up $22,950 for their down payment, and a local firm called CoEquity, which pioneered such deals in the area, provided $12,200. The Petrees invested $10,000 and now make $2,220 in monthly payments, including $1,872 to the mortgage lender...
Perhaps the most popular fantasy of all involves a visit with the resort's most distinguished guests: eight Atlantic bottle-nosed dolphins, in residence under the care of marine-mammal veterinarians Rae Stone and Jay Sweeney. Rather than ricocheting around a concrete pool, the dolphins frolic in a protected saltwater lagoon. "Everything about this place is fake, except for the dolphins," observes a guest wryly, as she wanders by. The Dolphin Quest program offers a model environment for research and study, as well as a unique aquatic encounter for the guests. "These animals can humble anyone," says trainer Christian Harris...
...radio-cassette player: innocuous-looking, compact, popular with travelers. To a terrorist, the perfect place to conceal a bomb. British authorities concluded last week that the explosive device that blew up Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in December was hidden in a radio-cassette player. The Federal Aviation Administration immediately advised tighter checks on electronic goods at airports...
Freshmen are not four-year-olds. Contrary to popular belief, cow suits and funny hats don't interest them. All the workers get for their costumes are insults from students. Why make them...