Word: steeped
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...most dramatic decline is in eastern Germany where the rate, already relatively low at 12 per 1,000 in 1989, has plummeted to about 6.5 per 1,000. There have been two unusually steep drops: the first in August 1990, a revealing nine months after the fall of the Berlin Wall; the second in the summer of 1991, nine months after German unification. Plainly, people have been too worried about their future to make the long-term investment in hope required to start a family...
...could the natural riches of Vu Quang remain unknown to outsiders for so long, especially given the crowded conditions in much of Vietnam and the relentless deforestation taking place? Part of the explanation lies in the region's steep, ragged terrain and exceptionally wet, sweltering weather conditions. The mountainous spine that divides Vietnam and Laos traps moisture evaporated from the South China Sea, creating an unusually stable but inhospitable climate. Incessant rains during the rainy season and dripping fogs during the dry season nurture a slick algae that add a treacherous coating to rocks and other surfaces. That may explain...
...than their counterparts in the U.S. who have better health care and a higher standard of living. But peasant families tend to have two or three children in Mexico City, while those who immigrate to the U.S. average four or five children. In crowded Mexico City each child imposes steep costs on a family, while in the U.S. welfare payments and other social safety nets buffer those costs. These skewed incentives convey similar signals to poor young women in America's inner cities, who in many cases see no reason to defer having children...
...price may have been steep, but a quarter of a million dollars has bought a temporary peace in the controversy over the athletic department's treatment of women athletes...
...reassure consumers to know that community rating is an old idea whose time has come around again. At the moment, health-insurance premiums vary wildly. The healthiest and the youngest customers enjoy the lowest costs, while those most in need of care are socked with steep and often unaffordable costs. Clinton's plan would equalize premiums so that no one is priced out of insurance by a sudden health problem or the loss of a job. Most legislators agree that some leveling of premiums is required, but Republicans and some conservative Democrats are shifting into stronger opposition to what they...