Word: begun
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...more people are more comfortable with themselves in the 1980s than they have been in a very long time, or than they care to concede. The social revolutions that stormed for the rights of blacks, women and homosexuals, among others, in the 1960s, while not yet complete, have begun to be accepted as facts of our lives. In the 1980s it is O.K. to be divorced, O.K. to be a single parent, O.K. to be different. Slowly, mysteriously, Americans are learning to live according to inner judgments. We are learning to profit from history: rejecting crusaders and romantic ideologies, widening...
...were swarming around the company, had stirred widespread unhappiness with Wyman and helped to bring Tisch to power in the first place. But the chops did not stop with Wyman's departure. Far from it. It was easy enough to explain a wave of 700 firings that had begun in July as the result of an austerity plan approved before the outgoing chairman's downfall. But then in October came 400 more, decreed by Tisch, followed by an additional 100 in November. The firings have hit every level, but the highest-ranking casualties of all came early in Tisch...
Julius ("Dr. J") Erving, the most watchable basketball player of the past 16 years, has begun to say goodbye to cities: Portland, Seattle, Oakland, Phoenix. At final stops along the Philadelphia 76ers' way, home teams have been introducing their own players first in order to build a crescendo for Dr. J, the National Basketball Association star who plays for everyone...
...exchange of students and teachers between the United States and other nations, which he said promotes understanding in foreign policy, was begun by legislation he introduced as a freshman in 1945. Prolonging College as Long as Possible...
Cost-cutting has begun to slow the growth in health expenditures, largely by reducing the use of hospitals. But even the most aggressive advocates of cost-containment are beginning to worry. Which cost reductions are safe to make, and which stand a significant chance of harming patients...