81. In 1973 mortgage payments represented twenty-one percent of an average thirty-year-old male&aposs income; in 1984 the figure was forty-four percent

82. In contrast to large steel plants that take iron ore through all the steps needed to produce several different kinds of steel, small mills, by processing steel scrap into a specialized group of products, have been able to put capital into new technology and remain economically viable.

83. Any medical test will sometimes fail to detect a condition when it is present and indicate that it is present when it is not.

84. One legacy of Madison Avenue&aposs recent campaign to appeal to people fifty years old and over is the realization that as people age, their concerns change as well.

85. 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.

86. His right hand and arm crippled by a sniper&aposs bullet during the First World War, Horace Pippin, a Black American painter, worked by holding the brush in his right hand and guiding its movements with his lt.

87. Beyond the immediate cash flow crisis that the museum faces, its survival depends on whether it can broaden its membership and leave its cramped quarters for a site where it can store and exhibit its more than 12,000 artifacts.

88. The Emperor Augustus, it appears, commissioned an idealized sculpture portrait, the features of which are so unrealistic as to constitute what one scholar calls an "artificial face."

89. A recent national study of the public schools shows that t there is now one microcomputer for every thirty-two pupils, four times as many as there were four years ago.

90. Since 1986, when the Department of Labor began to allow fees of investment officers to be based on the performance of the funds they manage, several corporations have begun paying their investment advisers a small basic fee, with a contract promising higher fees if the managers perform well.

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