Word: beginnings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Moines, Iowa, 50 Democrats--most of them early middle-aged, well-off and politically progressive--have gathered to hear Bradley. It's September, before the pundits notice Bradley's surge, so only a few national reporters are on hand. Standing near a hanging plant, Bradley's about to begin, but something's wrong. "Do we have to have the TV on?" he asks. A crew has the camera rolling, its lights in his eyes. "I'd kind of like to see the people," he says. "Shine the light on the people!" He may be the only candidate in Iowa...
...strike at almost any age, it becomes more common after 50. Symptoms include a change in bowel habits, fatigue, gas pains and anemia. Yet the disease produces few, if any, signs of trouble at its earliest, most curable stages. That's why experts recommend that everyone undergo annual screening, beginning at age 50. If there's a strong family history of the disease (particularly if one or more of your parents, sisters or brothers have had it), you may need to start sooner. A good rule of thumb is to begin getting tested 10 years before the age at which...
...epic journey into the heart of American manhood, Mike McNulty, maker of a documentary film about Waco, Texas, told her, "If you want to see what's happening in the stream of our society, go to the edges and look at what's happening there, and then you begin to have an understanding--if you know how a stream works--of what's going on in the middle...
...conclusions, of course, are debatable. Who, after all, set up and continues to dominate every last one of these hierarchical, market-driven institutions? And where, one does begin to wonder, are some of those men who have thrived under this system, who were well fathered and are themselves wonderful fathers, who participate usefully in the world around them? Surely, if she already believes that she can learn much from looking outside the mainstream, these men are no less meaningful than the subjects she chose...
...group attempting to write a widely accepted set of standards faces a rough task. Standards must be rigorous enough to satisfy pressure groups, yet realistic enough for corporations to find them affordable and achievable. Moreover, the canons are proliferating, and will soon begin to clash with one another. The European Federation of Accountants and Auditors in Brussels, for example, is drafting a set of environmental standards that are likely to differ from those of CERES. "We need a unified, comparable system, because it's not helpful if there are 25 different standards" in competition with one another, says Sir Geoffrey...