Word: basics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...termites, the muck of rice paddies and the rotting garbage in landfills. Each of these sources is fostered by human activity -- even the termites, which thrive in the clearings left after tropical rain forests are cut down. Humanity's contribution to the greenhouse effect comes from so many basic activities that man cannot realistically expect to stop the process, only slow it down...
...U.A.W. workers are thirsty to be treated as intelligent," says former personnel coordinator "Nate" Furuta. But Furuta was discouraged at first -- and American executives are still embarrassed -- by the average lack of basic educational skills among U.A.W. workers, especially in the area of simple math...
...from Mr. Rogers' neighborhood here, but antics like these have helped make Nickelodeon the hot address in children's TV. Launched in 1979, the cable channel for children is now seen in 41 million homes, double the number of five years ago. Ratings, among the highest of all basic-cable services, are up 12% from last year. Along with its long-running show for preschoolers, Pinwheel, and a diet of cartoons and vintage reruns (Lassie, Dennis the Menace), the channel is steadily boosting its slate of original programming aimed at older youngsters. The most successful, Double Dare, has become...
Faced with a labor force sadly lacking basic skills, a growing number of companies are forced to teach the three Rs. -- The Montreal trade talks end with a major deadlock...
Dale McKussic (Mel Gibson) is your basic existential hero of the California '80s: humanist hunk, thoughtful father, loyal friend, gentle lover and, oh, yes, a cocaine dealer. Now he wants to retire -- no pension, thank you, but no penance either. No police heat courtesy of an old-buddy cop (Kurt Russell). And no mortal wounds from rival coke kingpins or Mexican comandantes (Raul Julia). Just a cozy table for two with a hard-to-get restaurateur (Michelle Pfeiffer) who chirps skepticism like a tequila mockingbird...