Word: steeping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Boon. The only thing that has saved Ghana from economic disaster is a steep rise in the world price of cocoa, which has doubled since the Redemption Council came to power. Since Ghana produces more than one-third of the world's cocoa and depends on it for 70% of its foreign exchange, the boon has given Acheampong a chance to try to restore Ghana's credit overseas. He is said to be ready to negotiate a rescheduling of the country's debts, but he is hoping for some very sweet terms: a ten-year moratorium...
Trudged. Trudging, a moving upstream in a steep riverbed; the sediment becoming softer and deeper, the further one goes. This is her motion, now, walking; her motion in life always, these days. Invisible fetters are wrapped around her limbs; her arms and legs; flimsy but horribly restricting. To move at all is a victory. To appear to move 'normally', miraculous. She sees the same gentle restraining threads on everyone; scarf-like chains on every person near her; even threaded to their roving eyes. She sees them and smiles, feeling tired. Her walk slows. There are moaning pains in her toes...
Magowan began his run by coming down a steep chute to pick up speed for the rest of the course. But he lost control in a series of bumps and had no chance to correct his position before veering off into the woods. He was traveling about 40 miles per hour as he left the course...
Five dollars for a 47-page book might appear to be a bit steep. Ten of the pages have absolutely no print on them, and seven have less than a full sentence: The deal is worse than it first appears. There is a brighter side to all of this. Each page of pictures is one less printed page to read. And though Dino Kalupolis's pictures are bad, there is no need to stare at them for any length of time...
...lost a lot of time by edging too much and overturning on the steep parts of the course," Steele said last night. He added that on the second run he almost lost control on the bottom part of the course...