Word: steep
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...decided to become an undercover agent after he got a tip that Wang had approached a dialysis center in New York City with an offer to provide its clients with human kidneys at a steep discount. Wang reportedly told doctors that he could, for a 25% fee, arrange for patients to receive a kidney transplant in China without what is often a two-year wait. Rather than go along with the deal, however, the physicians put Wang in touch with Wu, who rigged up a camcorder and posed as the center's director...
...steamed up about jogging down a hillside? It is not just safety; in theory, I could walk all the way around to the parking lot entrance and only have to negotiate Massachusetts drivers rather than a steep incline. It is also about convenience, and easy solutions...
Following a national trend, crime rates in the city continued a steep decline in the first nine months of 1997, says a CPD report released in December...
...open-ended tea bag and carefully spoon out the appropriate tea from boxes that line the wall behind the register. If you've ordered a pot, the pot comes equipped with a mesh to put your tea leaves in--and a three-minute hourglass timer to make sure you steep the tea for just the right amount of time. If you desire a souvenir of your visit, you can choose to buy anything from a teapot drip catcher to mint-tea jelly...
...Angeles famous, if not notorious. Situated on one of LA's most prominent hilltops, it has been warmly embraced by the cultural elite and trend-savvy, the type who would hire people to go to the supermarket to avoid the crowds but relish the opportunity to walk the steep incline in their khakis, Abercrombie blazers and sunglasses, working on a list of who first to call on their cellular phones once they reach...