Word: steeper
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...lifted the flap of tissue out of the way. In nearsighted patients, an invisible beam of laser light then trimmed away layers of tissue from the center of the cornea, producing a flatter curve. In farsighted patients, the beam scooped out a doughnut-shaped ring that resulted in a steeper curve. Then the doctors lifted the flap back into place. After a few minutes of drying, it rebonded with the rest of the cornea. Because tissue destruction is minimal, there's little healing and much less pain. Patients see clearly almost immediately after the operation...
...cutting supply sider, but he spent his time at the Federal Reserve fighting inner-city red lining by major banks. Al Hubbard, a onetime deputy chief of staff to Dan Quayle, pushed for massive deregulation of business during the 1990 recession and now squires kindred spirits to Austin. Fred Steeper, the Republican pollster with the best fingertip feel for independents, is likely to be back for his third George W. campaign, even though, Steeper says, Bush never had him take a poll during his first four years in office because, "he likes to do what he thinks is right...
...competition for talented minority applicants gets steeper among the nation's top universities, other schools are taking their message to the road as well...
...Asia isn't just sinking, it's sinking in. "The more the analysts learn, the less they like," says Manley. That's why the stock market has gone nowhere. The bad news is that when profit momentum swings from plus to minus, it is usually accompanied by steeper stock declines than what we've seen. Look out below! The good news is that it's still too early to know if the profit cycle is really turning. We can hope that the current shenanigans ultimately represent nothing more than the fleeting worries of people who watch for such things. Indeed...
Following the Harvard men's lacrosse team this year was like riding the world's fastest roller coaster--just when you thought the Crimson had cleared its worst hair-raising drop, it slowly climbed up an even steeper hill and went screaming down into even more nauseating depths...