Word: bettereds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Most of the research sparked by this startling epiphany focused on Japanese economic strategies, and why they were so much better than ours. In his study of Japan, Harvard sociologist Ezra Vogel pointed out the many aspects of Japanese life and society that inevitably led to economic hyper-growth. His book, which quickly became a best-seller in Japan, was simply titled Japan As Number...
...cows in your backyard?" people would ask "How come you don't have an accent?" or better yet, "They don't have antiques down in Texas, do they...
...this is not to say that the second you decide you are not romantically inclined toward someone you should just blurt it out. Each person has his or her own timing and reason. But, instead of riding on an emotional roller coaster of guilt and romantic disinterest, it is better to be true to one's sentiments...
...result, child care has become a hot-button political issue, and both Democrats and Republicans are scrambling to cater to the concerns of working parents. Last week the Senate approved an ambitious Democratic plan, dubbed the Act for Better Child Care, or ABC, that would vastly expand the Federal Government's role, at a cost of $8.75 billion over the next five years. The bill would authorize $1.75 billion each year to help low-income parents pay for child care. Parents would receive 70% of the funds directly; the remaining 30% would go to the states to expand day-care...
...Force One pilot Colonel Ralph Albertazzie had a better idea. When traveling abroad with the President, he was moved by the sight of people weeping when the plane taxied up. But he often flew and landed at night, and the long, graceful fuselage was swallowed by the dark. Albertazzie had small spotlights installed in the plane's horizontal stabilizers to illuminate the flag painted on its towering rudder. Wherever and whenever the President flies, the flag glows; the darker the night, the more spectacular the effect. That, in a way, is the history of the flag. It is not going...