Word: cohort
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...physical survival, political independence or democratic freedoms justify the use of force. Says he: "The possibility of higher oil prices arising from a stronger Iraqi position in the Middle East does not meet that standard." Though most support the naval blockade and diplomatic pressure on Iraq, Buchanan and his cohort are unanimously opposed to a large-scale ground offensive to force Saddam to surrender his territorial gains...
...fighting for the right of his cohort to lead China. He was not about to give up that right to a bunch of college students," MacFarquhar says. "Deng Xiaoping thought this was potentially a rerun of the Red Guard menace of the Cultural Revolution...
Some call them the sandwich generation, that bulging demographic cohort of thirtysomethings and fortysomethings who face an onerous triple duty: caring for young children and elderly parents while holding down full-time jobs. More than one-third of the U.S. work force confronts this problem, a number that is sure to rise as the population continues to age and as more women, the family's traditional care givers, enter the job market. What's a working couple to do with junior and Granny between 9 and 5? Throughout the U.S., a growing number of programs are now aimed at stimulating...
...skepticism of the Bundesbank is understandable. Its president, Karl Otto Pohl, and his cohort are still wrestling with an unfinished European Monetary System, involving commitments to support newcomers like the Greek drachma and the Portuguese escudo. But those countries, whatever their problems, are going concerns, while East Germany, whatever its potential, is nearly a basket case...