41.   It is not clear whether we have lowered our standards for all politicians, but we certainly have done so for him.

42.   It claims that unqualified women and people of color lower workplace standards.

43.   It says that minorities have often been held to lower standards than whites and thus perform at lower levels.

44.   Lynch, who is in the midst of contract negotiations, expressed concern that the city will lower standards for recruits as hiring becomes more difficult.

45.   Maytag has also lowered standards.

46.   McLarty denied that Clinton had lowered the standards of what he would accept in a health care bill.

47.   Lower your standards.

48.   Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and others sharply attacked the college, saying it was lowering standards, and the trustees acted Tuesday in response.

49.   More significantly, he also suggested lowering the standard for punishing executives to negligence, instead of recklessness.

50.   Music is perpetually betraying the great tradition, lowering standards, surrendering to contemporary taste, dumbing down and dying off.