Word: belled
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...next significant--and much less entertaining--phase of futurology, the year 2000 was taken over by the think tanks. Most notably there was the Academy of Arts and Sciences Commission on the Year 2000, set up in 1966 (rather rushing things). It was headed by the distinguished sociologist Daniel Bell and included 42 leading thinkers in fields ranging from science to mysticism. One of the commission's prominent members was that brilliant man-mountain Herman Kahn, who published The Year 2000 alongside the commission's report, Toward the Year...
...personal income and the GNP (they forecast an increase to $3.6 trillion, thus falling short of the actual figure, at latest count, by about $5 trillion). They also foresaw a rise in hedonism and a decline in the work ethic. There were the inevitable misjudgments and omissions--especially, as Bell now concedes, a lack of any reference to the dramatic change in the role of women...
...Communications Wait a minute -- didn't the feds break up Ma Bell already? In the latest, and biggest yet, deal to shake up the unsettled telecom industry, highly acquisitive SBC Communications announced it would buy Ameritech in a $62 billion stock swap. The combined entity would comprise three of the original seven Baby Bells with more than $40 billion in annual revenues, controlling some 57 million lines in 13 Western and Midwestern states. Only U.S. West now stands between SBC control of nearly three quarters of the U.S. Throw in telecom deregulation that should eventually allow local phone companies...
Although everyone's concerns are important,Eleganza directors "have the right to proceed asplanned," Bell said. "Last year sparked the samekind of discussion...
...Bell said prospective students andundergraduates are at least 18 years-old, and itis important for adults to familiarize themselveswith issues of gender and sexuality...