Word: adopted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...House, the controlling Democrats are no more eager for a knockdown fight than their Senate colleagues. Majority Leader Jim Wright of Texas asserts that the Democrats will have to adopt a majority of the spending cuts and then concentrate on cutting taxes by less than Reagan proposes. Says he: "The combination of these two will have to result in a deficit projection no larger than Reagan's." While the Democrats will try to narrow social-spending cuts just enough to soften the wrath of their constituents among the disadvantaged, they will give the President enough to escape public censure...
Unlike many American bosses, Japanese managers go to great lengths to involve their employees in the life of the company. For example, although General Motors actively recruits productivity suggestions from employees and offers up to $10,000 for a proposal that is adopted, the company receives an average of less than one suggestion per employee per year and adopts one-third of the ideas. At Toyota's main plant near Nagoya, on the other hand, officials receive more than nine suggestions per worker per year and adopt the vast majority of them...
Nearly three years ago hundreds of students through their dedicated work forced Harvard to adopt a policy on its South Africa-related investments. We argued at that time that Harvard should take advantage of its enormous prestige by taking a public stand against investments in and loans to South Africa, and that Harvard should widely publicize any actions it took so that other investors might follow suit...
While we did force Harvard to adopt a minimally responsible position opposing bank loans to the South African government, the administration never accepted the argument that Harvard had any influence in the outside world that would justify publicizing any divestiture that took place. This denial of Harvard's influence--an unusual one, considering its source--was in fact designed to avoid venturing onto what Harvard considers the slippery slope of social responsibility. The administration's real fear is not for Harvard's bonds but for its stocks...
Quotas for admittance would, however, supply the fastest way of remedying society's past mistakes. Once remedying the evil of ignorance is recognized as a necessity, as Leon does, one must adopt the quickest way of achieving equality of educational opportunity for all. If the bond of love could replace self-interest, quotas and other affirmative action tools would pose no problems...