Word: adopters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...feminist principles into their career plans often reject Business School as "a sell-out." As second-year MBA candidate Anne L. Houden puts it, "Large numbers of women going into management will change business's image. But right now, to get ahead at Harvard Business School you have to adopt business ethics--and those are male ethics...
...tries a dramatic gesture: he appoints Michel Rocard, a charismatic economist who is currently challenging Francois Mitterrand for leadership of the Socialist Party, as Premier. Rocard, however, exacts a price. During a secret meeting with Giscard, he warns: "I am not one of those leftists who, once in power, adopt the policies of the right...
...first episode, the council voted, 7-2, to adopt a non-binding moratorium against the subway extension until further environmental studies are finished...
Monday's 7-2 City Council vote to adopt a non-binding moratorium on construction indicates that the Council may join in the injunction suit. But non-binding moratoriums are a leap away from legal action and Cambridge Mayor Thomas W. Danehy is unsure of council support...
...encourage savings and capital growth, he believes, the U.S. should also adopt techniques used in other countries. Canadians get generous tax deductions on money that they contribute to their pension funds. France permits anyone to put away some $20,000 in savings, with the interest payments untaxed. The Europeans further build capital by allowing companies to write off quickly the costs of their new plants and equipment against their taxes. Surely the U.S. needs to liberalize these depreciation allowances, says Feldstein, probably by letting the tax write-offs rise along with the rate of inflation...