Word: breakthrough
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...widely conceded, however, that the U.S. must continue SDI research, if only to guard against a Soviet breakthrough. Even the European allies that are most dubious about the possibility or desirability of missile defense endorse that view. They add a strictly pragmatic justification: the U.S. is going ahead with or without their participation -- and if European allies are to stay abreast of the latest technology and retain their political influence over American decisions, they had better ante up and get into the game...
Weitzman's prescription may sound simplistic and his goals unrealistic, but the book is being widely discussed by economists and businessmen, and some reviewers are already hailing it as a breakthrough in economic theory. John Roemer, an economist at the University of California, Davis, calls it "one of the most exciting books in economics I have read in several years." In an editorial, the New York Times dubbed Weitzman's proposal the "best idea since Keynes...
...BREAKTHROUGH HIT: A television series, usually in prime time, that achieves huge popularity. Its success typically has wide-ranging impact on the medium, inspiring imitators and sparking new interest in the genre. See also: All in the Family, Happy Days, Charlie's Angels, Dallas...
...breakthrough series? Perhaps. But The Cosby Show pales beside such landmark sitcoms of the 1970s as All in the Family and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Those programs forged new territory for TV comedy, in both style and subject matter. The Cosby Show, with its genial wholesomeness, harks back to old times. If any ground is being broken, it may just be TV comedy putting its head back into the sand...
...lack of an animal model on which to test new drugs and treatments. Would MPTP induce Parkinson's in animals? The answer, NIMH Researchers Sanford Markey and R. Stanley Burns soon discovered, was no in rats but yes in monkeys. Says Markey: "That was probably the biggest breakthrough in this story...