Word: advent
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Advent of Women's Studies...
...nearly seven years since Time Warner was formed, its stock has trailed the market badly, up 32% while the Standard & Poor's index has risen 100%. The merger may help. Time Warner rose 5.7% last week, to $41.75. Part of that may be due to Turner's advent, but it also reflects Levin's promise that he's ready to purge the company's onerous level of indebtedness...
Your article on the mutual-fund giant Fidelity Investments [BUSINESS, Sept. 30] included the terms arrogance, aggressiveness, young, cocky competitiveness, volatility, obnoxiousness and the phrase "wandering far from their ostensible mandates." Is this type of behavior consistent with the fiduciary duty owed to the client by a fund? The advent of the investment supermarket appears to have transformed investors into mere customers. Caveat emptor. MARK JASAYKO West Vancouver, British Columbia...
Despite the advent of indoor plumbing, there hasn't been an inhabitable bridge in London since. But because "the time has come to value [the Thames] properly," British environment minister John Gummer has vowed he'll do all he can to see an inhabitable bridge built by the millennium. Time will tell whether the idea of a modern home over the Thames is more than a castle...
...relevant questions about the state of Russia today. Of special concern is the decay of Yeltsin's once commanding role as the bold leader of the newly democratic Russia into a leader who exists in name only. There is a desperate search for the man who once championed the advent of democracy in Russia. What ever happened to the leader who stood fast and courageously held back military tanks for the good of the people? The man whom millions saw in that role is now available only for photo opportunities at a time when Russia faces serious threats...