Word: caps
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...form when he is still an adolescent, smooth fatty streaks on the interior wall of a major coronary artery -- the ominous consequence of a typically American high-cholesterol, high-fat diet. By his 20s, the streaks have formed plaques, growths with a fatty center covered by a fibrous cap of smooth muscle cells. By his 40s, the plaque, its buildup accelerated by smoking and high blood pressure, has protruded well into the bloodstream, closing 65% of the arterial passage. The blood swirls and eddies dangerously as it forces its way past the swelling obstructions...
...Share Our Wealth" plan struck a respondent chord among millions of Americans who despaired of finding work during the Depression. The plan placed a cap on personal fortunes and limited personal income to $1 million per year. Anything over that would be taxed at a rate of 100 percent...
...been worked through--theplaying was natural and blended. Cohen showed abit of spark in the second movement with Dvorak'sfolksy fiddle tune. The great, heaving opening ofthe sixth movement was very successful, enhancedfurther by the spirited and well-executed surpriseending. The Beethoven trio (Opus 1, #1) served asa fun cap to the evening but did not enhance anyof the music which had preceded...
...same public anger that put Proposition 2 1/2 on the books almost a decade ago. Approved by almost 60 percent of voters in a 1980 referendum, Prop 2 1/2 set a limit on the amount of revenue a city or town can raise through property taxes and puts a cap on the annual property tax increase for that city or town...
...least one club. Princeton mandates that one hundred percent of Bicker's participants find a home, or at least a dinner table. And so, at the very end of Bicker, while the chosen few are welcomed through the distinguished doors of Ivy, or Cottage, or Cap and Gown, and while those less fortunate console themselves with Court, or Cannon, or Quadrangle, the scattered leftovers must gather on Ivy's back porch. There, they are claimed by reluctant club presidents who previously rejected them. These unlucky, unwanted few are the "Hundred Percenters...