Word: adopted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Finally, the FDIC's move may have a measurable impact on bank management in the future. While shareholders--and depositors--may soon forget the Continental Illinois fiasco, directors will probably adopt more conservative lending and management policies. The real threat of the collapse of one of the country's largest banks is, in itself, a significant and continual warning. The possibility of being held responsible for such a failure should make directors more active in bank management and more responsible for their actions both to shareholders and to depositors...
Again, the problem seems one of will, of whether or not one decides to seize time for one's advantage or to adopt the sinister equation that "Time is money." In A Question of Upbringing, Anthony Powell was struck by Poussin's painting of the dancing figures of Time who were "unable to control the melody, unable, perhaps, to control the steps of the dance." Today the dance has grown frenetic beyond measure. Yet everything hinges on the "perhaps"; in the world of punctuality and appointments, one may not be able to control ( all of time or even much...
...applaud the Pope for reaffirming the Roman Catholic Church's stance on contraception [RELIGION, Dec. 3]. I chastise those who adopt the "cafeteria Catholic" attitude of choosing the beliefs that satisfy their secular and hedonistic desires. No one said that being a Catholic would be easy...
...techniques is not enough. The Government should help disseminate those concepts to companies large and small, just as agricultural breakthroughs were diffused earlier. Zysman supports the idea of more basic research by Government to help smaller firms that cannot do it themselves. Finally, he argues that the U.S. should adopt a firmer trade policy so that its products can get into closed foreign markets, especially Japan. Too often, in fields like telecommunications and electronics, the Japanese make it difficult for foreign companies to sell their products...
...more sweeping recommendation, the experts urged that all Americans over age two adopt a diet that would reduce total fat intake from its current national level of about 40% of total calories to just 30%. Saturated fat-the type found mainly in meat and dairy products-should constitute no more than 10% of a person's daily diet, the panel said. The suggested regimen would limit cholesterol consumption to 250 to 300 mg a day (one large egg yolk contains...