111. A baby emerges from the darkness of the womb with a rudimentary sense of vision that would be rated about 20/500; an adult with such vision would be deemed legally blind.

112. The Federal Reserve Board&aposs reduction of interest rates on loans to financial institutions is both an acknowledgment of past economic trends and an fort to influence their future direction.

113. The original building and loan associations were organized as limited life funds, whose members made monthly payments on their share and then took turns drawing subscriptions on the funds for home mortgages.

114. Gall&aposs hypothesis that different mental functions are localized in different parts of the brain is widely accepted today.

115. George Sand (Aurore Lucile Dupin) was one of the first European writers to consider the rural poor legitimate subjects for literature and to portray them these with sympathy and respect in her novels.

116. Out of America&aposs fascination with all things antique has grown a market for bygone styles of furniture and fixtures that is bringing back the chaise lounge, the overstuffed sofa, and the claw-footed bathtub.

117. New theories propose that catastrophic impacts of asteroids and comets may have caused reversals in the Earth&aposs magnetic field, the onset of ice ages, the splitting apart of continents 80 million years ago, and great volcanic eruptions.

118. Students in the metropolitan school district are so lacking in math skills that it will be difficult to absorb them into a city economy becoming ever more dependent on information-based industries.

119. The decision by one of the nation&aposs largest banks to admit to $3 billion in potential losses on foreign loans could mean less lending by commercial banks to developing countries and increased pressure on multigovernment lenders to supply the funds.

120. It has been estimated that illiteracy costs the United States at least $20 billion a year in lost industrial output and tax revenues.

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