Word: carefulness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...arrived at Seoul's fast track about as friendly as Iran and Iraq. Johnson, who seems to glower with power even in repose, had declared, "I want to win an Olympic gold medal. After that I don't care -- Carl Lewis could beat me 100 times." For his part, Lewis was on his semi-best behavior. "A number of people can win," he declared beforehand, his mother Evelyn sitting by his side. During the heats, Lewis' times were faster. Johnson, who had been hobbled earlier in the year by a hamstring injury, did not look good. But was he pulling...
...Hayes' grandmother Helen, 84, worked most of her life. Her husband died when she was only 44, leaving her alone to raise a family of four children. Now it is their turn to take care of her. Growing increasingly frail, Helen moved in with Jim's parents six months ago in Naperville, Ill., 28 miles from Chicago...
...year-old manager at the Arthur Andersen accounting and consulting firm, turned to his company's family-care referral experts for help. They suggested three different senior centers where Helen could spend time with people her own age. Now Helen goes to Ecumenical Adult Care of Naperville two days a week. The socializing has helped his grandmother, Jim says, and gives his mother a rest from caring for her. The referral service, begun by Arthur Andersen in July, researches and outlines elder-care options at no charge. The Hayes family pays for the care, which costs...
...most parents, a good day-care program that costs $50 a week seems the impossible dream. But in Edison, N.J., such a place exists: in a corner of the Heller Industrial Park is the John Kenney Child Care Center, where 84 children, from 18 months to 5 years old, play with toys, career down slides and learn to spell and share. Says Bruce Oakley, whose daughter Laura, 4, attends the center: "This is not a place where you just dump the kid off. It's great...
Half of what the day care costs is paid by the owner of the center and the industrial park, Isaac Heller. The founder of Remco toys, Heller, 62, says the center, which is open to all Edison residents, has helped make his park an attractive location for the 38 firms that lease space. Observes Heller: "Not everybody is a yuppie earning $100,000. Some people earn less, and their children deserve the same care as rich people's children...