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Word: higher (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...combo has other Ivy teams quaking, the J-J combo in the higher weights is almost as lethal...

Author: By Sandra Block, | Title: Grapplers Enter Season With New Faces, New Maladies | 12/8/1989 | See Source »

...have said that a lack of leadership from the governor, as well as partisan politics, have broken down the unity of House leadership. As a result, many legislators do not believe that solution will be reached before the holiday recess, a delay that could make the budget deficit even higher...

Author: By Chip Cummins, | Title: State Leaders Look To Cut Local Funds | 12/5/1989 | See Source »

...wrong to assume that East Germans are as disenchanted with their political system as are many of their bloc neighbors. GDR citizens aren't clamoring to trade their government subsidies, guaranteed health care and the highest standard of living in the Eastern bloc for higher prices, unemployment, a declining birth rate and the impersonal chaos of capitalism in their western counterpart...

Author: By Adam L. Berger, | Title: A Reunification Primer | 12/4/1989 | See Source »

...Mikhail Gorbachev is discovering, it is much easier to learn to use political freedoms than to revive a moribund command economy. Casting secret ballots, speaking up in public, banding together to advance common interests: all these come fairly naturally. Instilling entrepreneurial spirit and managerial efficiency on any level higher than selling lemonade at curbside is a lot harder. Eastern Europe is littered with the wreckage of previous attempts at economic reform...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America Abroad: Go East, Young Man? | 12/4/1989 | See Source »

...stop random or unexpected noises. Analog systems fight low, random noises but do it by eliminating all low-frequency sounds, good or bad. And none of the antinoise devices currently on the market are very good at canceling high- pitched squeals and whistles. The problem: calculating antiwaves for sounds higher than middle C requires more computing power than today's chips can provide. For now, the most cost-effective way to block those tones is still to stick your fingers in your ears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Fighting Noise with Antinoise | 12/4/1989 | See Source »

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