Word: steepest
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...price. Berkshire's famous five-digit stock quote finished last week at $57,000 for the A shares. That's way down from the March 12 high of $81,100, and some analysts are calling it a bargain. From high to low, the stock fell 33% last summer, its steepest decline in a decade. Seldom has Buffett put such a hurt on his shareholders. Doing so now, while the economy sparkles and the stock market remains up for the year, is especially vexing...
...street cops and criminologists have long suspected that more guns on the street lead inevitably to more shootings. Between 1993 and 1997, production of pistols, the style of gun most preferred by youthful killers, fell more than 50%, from 2.3 million a year to just over 1 million. The steepest drops occurred in California's notorious "Ring of Fire," a handful of companies that make cheap Saturday night specials...
That's why the President and I have worked so hard to enable all of our schools and libraries to have affordable access to telecommunications and information technology. The E-Rate program, for instance, gives crucial discounts to schools and libraries, with the steepest discounts going to the neediest communities. Through this tailored program, we are committed to helping ensure that all children--regardless of race, income or geography--can have an equal chance to learn and succeed...
HERPES ERUPTION A whopping 1 in 5 Americans 12 and older has incurable genital herpes. That's up 30% since the late '70s. The steepest rise: among white teens...
...Wisconsin State Fair had a welfare-caseload reduction contest, rural Marquette County (pop. about 13,000) would walk off with the blue ribbon. In a state that is fast shedding cases, Marquette's drop has been the steepest: down 91% in the past decade. And it's one of a handful of thinly populated counties that have got the number of "work-qualified" households on their welfare rolls down to a notable benchmark: zero...