Word: steeping
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Statistics show steep declines in science concentrators. From 1983 to 1987 (when the total number of under-graduates remained almost constant), the number of biochemistry concentrators dropped from 300 to 212. In that same span, the number of chemistry concentrators fell from 93 to 74. And from 1985 to 1987, the number of biology concentrators went from 432 to 340. These amount to 20 to 30 percent drops in laboratory science concentrators...
...strike was triggered by sharp government-ordered rises in the prices of key commodities, including sugar and cigarettes. To cushion the steep hikes, the government approved pay raises for both public and private employees, supplementing incomes by as much as 500%. But the ploy did not work...
...blocked passage and inflated. Atherosclerotic plaque is crushed against the artery walls, widening the blood pathway. Yet another delicate operation entails tying off penile veins that fail to close during sexual arousal, thus allowing blood to leak away from the penis and inhibiting an erection. Vascular operations carry steep price tags...
...Shamir finds the price too steep, he might possibly offer Labor a junior partnership in a rejiggered grand coalition. Many Labor leaders want no part of such a deal, but neither are they willing to seek a lesser coalition with the small parties. Declared Energy Minister Moshe Shahal: "It would be better to spend some time in opposition than yield to ultra-religious and ultra- nationalist demands." For Shimon Peres, either choice would be humiliating. After three campaigns in which he failed to deliver a Labor victory, pressure is growing on him to step aside as party leader...
...near the dam, Buckley beams. He is hearing his favorite sound. Despite all his reservations about the bureaucratic process, he is upbeat. "They've taken a lot of the fun out of it," he says quietly, watching the black water roiling into white foam as it cascades over the steep rock cataract, "but it's still definitely worth doing...