Word: sloping
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...slope of the curve in terms of musicianship and singing quality has declined over the past twenty years because support for arts in secondary schools has been cut," Marvin says...
...Kennedy party prepared to play. "Michael is the ringleader, without question," says New York City social columnist R. Couri Hay, who describes himself as a longtime Kennedy acquaintance, and whom the National Enquirer quickly made a special correspondent last week. Ethel, however, did not join the march to the slope. Sipping cocoa at the restaurant, she had announced that she did not want to ski alone and was taking the gondola back...
Just as automobiles followed horses and computers displaced typewriters, so can the advance of technology make today's smokestacks and gas-powered cars look primitive, inefficient and uneconomical. Unlike fossil fuels, renewable energy never runs out, and geologists will not have to travel to the Alaskan North Slope or the shores of the Caspian Sea to find new sources. The sunlight falling on the surface of the earth each day contains 6,000 times as much energy as is used by all countries combined. Studies show that covering the existing flat-roof space of many cities with solar cells could...
...woman has been arrested for putting a baby at risk by alcohol consumption or tobacco use--despite the fact that babies born with serious health problems as a result of booze and nicotine far outnumber babies born with cocaine in their systems. "I would be on a legal slippery slope if I tried to prosecute women who used legal substances," says Condon. But he is warning social workers and drug-abuse counselors that they too could be prosecuted and jailed if they fail to turn in pregnant women found to be on cocaine...
Face it: no matter how stunning the view, the blinding glare of winter sun on a ski slope or in an office building can be a pain. That's why Research Frontiers thinks its "smart glass," which lets people electronically control the light that shines through windows, is such a bright idea. By next year, the Woodbury, N.Y., firm's high-tech tinting should be incorporated into ski goggles, car sunroofs, skylights and, of course, windows. In homes, it could help regulate temperature and conserve energy, something even Mr. Sunshine would approve...