devalue

Few Americans attribute this solely to such obvious causes

as a devalued dollar or the turning of the business cycle.

equivalent

Since India produces the equivalent of just

1.7 tons of carbon dioxide per capita, which is less than 7 percent

of what the United States emits,critics said

he was committing to doing nothing in the foreseeable future.

indignant

Mrs Hasten fights the cause of communities affected by

oil spills in the wake of Hurricane Katrina,

and she makes indignant phone calls

to the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, DC,

to say federal pollution standards are being violated.

prevail

Americans have been migrating south and west

in larger numbers since World War II, and the pattern still prevails.

revive

Ticketmaster and Live Nation have argued

that their combined company would reduce

inefficiencies in the marketing and presentation of live events,

which would help to revive the music industry and benefit consumers.

survive

This alone demonstrates that the television business

is not an easy world to survive in,

a fact underlined by statistics

that show that out of eighty European television networks,

no less than 50% took a loss in 1989.

valid

Staffers call the phone numbers written on

completed registration forms to make sure they're valid and also

take note of incomplete or duplicate forms.

valve

The inquest at Hereford town hall

heard there was a faulty anti-spill valve on the helicopter

which if working could have prevented the fire taking hold so rapidly.

newsroom

… there was a natural transition from one generation to another.

Retirement at 65 was normative. Every year a small group of reporters

would leave the newsroom, to be replaced by younger ones.