Word: catalyst
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...playground, at the gymnastics competition, at the dinner table. And * being there is getting harder for full-time workers. Since 1973, Americans' average workweek has grown six hours, from under 41 hours to nearly 47, according to a Harris survey. Earlier this year Felice Schwartz, president of Catalyst, a research and advisory group that focuses on women in business, proposed a now infamous solution. Writing in the Harvard Business Review, she proposed that professional women who prefer not to sacrifice family to ambition be relegated to a slower career path that would top out at middle management. They would...
...This mass of letters might be a catalyst for some official to decide that it is no longer a risk to allow [Belitsky] to leave the Soviet Union," Kanevsky said...
Cech also found that RNA can copy itself, suggesting that the first living organisms may not have depended solely on DNA, the principal carrier of hereditary information in plants, animals and bacteria. "Now that we know that RNA can both carry genetic information and serve as a catalyst," Cech wrote last year, "it seems possible that it was the key molecule at the origin of life...
...important because it represents the symbol of public support. It's a catalyst," said Peter Walsh, director of publications and public relations at the Harvard University Arts museums. "I personally find the amendment's language general and vague--unenforceable...
Foremost, sophomore Jamie Reilly has answered the call in his first two starts in the goal. A notable catalyst of his team's improved play, Reily is in contention for the Mookie Wilson Award this season...