Word: tended
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...like to see more people take this opportunity, especially elementary school [teachers]," she adds. "I think people in the secondary level tend to be more aggressive and get out and learn. Especially at the lower levels, you just don't have the opportunity to step back...
Such competition keeps Vagelos from becoming complacent. "I tend to discount immediately what we have accomplished," he says. "Once you know you have a drug or it is coming along, you really want to get on with the next thing. After all, what's more exciting than trying to do something that's never been done before?" The question is one that Vagelos never stops asking...
...Metabolism begins to slow at around age 25. For each decade thereafter, the number of calories required to maintain one's weight drops by at least 2%. Muscle mass gradually shrinks. As a result, people tend to get fatter. Kidneys may lose up to 50% of their efficiency between ages 30 and 80. Some of the liver's functions may decline. Thus alcohol remains in the body longer. So do drugs, a fact doctors are beginning to consider in deciding on dosages for older patients...
...addition, some Democratic congressmen argue that because districts which are not counted accurately tend to be inhabited mostly by minority populations and because those areas are thus underrepresented in Congress, the Democrats are not receiving the representation they deserve...
...simple thesis: "The historical record suggests that there is a very clear connection in the long run between an individual Great Power's economic rise and fall and its growth and decline as an important military power (or world empire)." If all he were saying is that richer nations tend to win wars, then there would be very little reason for anyone to read further. But Kennedy's argument is more supple than it at first appears. A nation's strength, both in its commerce and on the battlefield, must be measured against that of its rivals and enemies...