Word: steeped
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...star- crossed 12-day journey to Australia, Singapore, South Korea and Japan. Planned last November as a routine diplomatic swing, the trip was hastily converted by White House officials into a full-blown trade mission after growing public dissatisfaction with Bush's handling of the recession triggered a steep drop in his approval ratings. In an effort to counter criticism that he cares more about foreign policy than the woes of unemployed Americans, Bush proclaimed the trip was about generating "jobs, jobs, jobs." As he explained in an interview just before his departure, "I'll do what I have...
...Monte, Calif., Julio Toruno, the son of a Nicaraguan immigrant who prospered in Southern California after World War II, watched the revenues from his print shop nose-dive 20% last year. "I don't have the opportunities my father had," he says. Strapped by high housing costs, steep taxes and a declining income, Toruno and his wife recently bought land in Nicaragua and plan to move there in the spring...
...being hacked at by razor-sharp weeds became fond memories when the trail suddenly zoomed up the mountain at a 70 degrees incline. For almost a mile straight up, there was less a path than a series of tenuous toeholds dug into sticky red clay. Several other equally steep but shorter climbs that followed made the six-mile journey a five-hour ordeal...
...that you might need for both ski and apres ski activities. After skiing, there is a wide range of things to do, ranging from driving to Reno for a show or some gambling to staying at the resort for drinks or night life. Although the price is a bit steep in comparison to other ski resorts in the area, it is certainly worth it Squaw is an excellent ski resort, and while it's facilities are as good as anywhere else around, it is geared towards the serious skier. People who go to Squaw...
Whether it be bulk rate or first class, most of this year's candidates are paying steep postal bills; add to that the high cost of signs, literature, advertising, printing, buttons, bumper stickers, other expenses such as campaign staff salaries and rent for a campaign headquarters, multiply it all by inflation and it becomes the general formula of the the cost of running "the successful campaign...