Word: steeped
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...road to Rome remains steep," he said, calling his efforts to incorporate the legal systems of myriad countries in a new world court "a procedural Tower of Babel...
...STEEP-ANGLE CLIMBS will make the legs more powerful and increase the cardiovascular capacity of the trainee," Lambacker says...
...doll tossed into a washing machine. Then he got another chance. He spotted a second wave, even bigger than the first, and paddled straight for it. As he reached the crest, Knox smoothly swiveled, stood up on his board and started sliding down a slick expanse of water as steep as a cliff. Somehow he stayed in control, even though he flew 6 or 7 ft. through the air so that, for a split second, he was free-falling. Exclaimed Knox, who's from Carlsbad, Calif.: "It was like the best roller-coaster ride you could ever imagine...
...bonds climbing to 6.5%, from below 6% in mid-March. In his view, the tight U.S. labor market will give inflation a nudge that the Federal Reserve will try to combat by raising interest rates. (Sinai, in contrast, predicts the Fed will cut rates slightly to prevent a too steep economic slowdown...
...also underlying layers of bedrock, causing structural weakening deep down. By itself, waterlogged ground is a nuisance. Combined with California's mountainous terrain, says Doug Morton of the U.S. Geological Survey in Riverside, Calif., it can very quickly add up to disaster. Imagine living on the edge of a steep, quivering pile of chocolate pudding. "Mother Nature doesn't like steep slopes," says Morton, "and she does what she can to lower them...