Word: steeping
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...going to be steep learning curve between now and August," Steel said...
...local news and the Internet, the evening-news programs still have an important function. They are the flagship broadcasts for the network news divisions, they showcase well-paid and highly respected news stars, and they still make money. Though their ratings have dropped steadily, the decline has been less steep than the slippage in network viewership overall. In the latest Nielsen ratings, ABC's World News Tonight (ranking second behind NBC's Nightly News) was watched by 7.5% of the nation's TV households. An average hour of ABC's prime-time schedule was seen by just 6.8%. "A significant...
...biologist Dean Hamer has blue eyes, light brown hair and the goofy sense of humor of a stand-up comic. He smokes cigarettes, spends long hours in a cluttered laboratory at the National Institutes of Health, and in his free time clambers up cliffs and points his skis down steep, avalanche-prone slopes. He also happens to be openly, matter-of-factly...
...allocated to bring alcohol to Springfest is not in fact going to be spent on beer. Harvard regulations require that we hire a BAT team to check IDs ($400) and an extra police officer. Additionally, we had to acquire a one-day liquor license, and allow for the somewhat steep deposits on keg barrels and taps. Thus, less than half of the expenditure will be used to purchase beer, and the rest is necessary to have an approved party. Hopefully this will clear up the seemingly exorbitant expenditure. RYAN DORRIS '00 April...
...their undying fidelity to the chain fences that protect hikers from the plunging precipices. Seventy miles of trails wind around 72 peaks, the two most majestic of which are Capital of Heaven and Lotus Flower. The highest of the mountains is less than 6,150 ft., but their steep, stark slopes impart a distinctly higher authority...