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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Reliance on the magic of the market place" and "profit incentives for farmers" are critical to Africa's progress, Greenlief said...
...these razors, however, the practice of walking clean-shaven didn't really catch on until 356 B.C. when bronze razors were available, according to the text. In that year, Roman hero Scipio Africanus celebrated his victory over arch-rival Hannibal with a clean shave and from there on, progress has been steady in helping man's continuing battle against the beard: in the mid-1100s Arab engineers introduced the steel razor, the 17th-century European Reformation brought "a clean-shaven look" along with a new approach to eternal salvation, and in 1903 the first Gillette safety razor was introduced...
...researchers are now planning a much larger experiment, comparing niacin's effects to those of other drugs and to placebos. They also plan to look at how effective niacin is at reducing the incidence of heart attacks, improving performance on stress tests, and slowing the progress of coronary pathology. While emphasizing that the results of the preliminary investigation must be confirmed by further research, Alderman made clear the potential advantages of niacin: "The most popular drug in use today produces side-effects in over 60 percent of the patients who use it, and costs over $100 a month. Niacin...
Caplan regards Fusco and the other seniors as integral to the progress of the younger players. "Playing with better people challenges us," Caplan explains, "and helps us get better. All the seniors are helpful...
...dead. But Rostenkowski called extraordinary Saturday and Sunday sessions of his committee in an attempt to breathe new life into the tax-reform effort. Though the meetings broke up at dinnertime, giving the baseball fans in the group a chance to watch the World Series, the lawmakers made enough progress over the weekend for Rostenkowski to proclaim that a tax bill would emerge from Ways , and Means within a month and be ready for full House action in December...