Word: commonization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...course we can't know for sure, but there are clues in each of these four places, common denominators among five boys headed toward the brink. It's now possible to try to reconstruct their motivations--a task made more urgent by the saturnalia of lawmaking under way. Mississippi has made murder on school property a capital crime, and Oregon may begin requiring a 72-hour holding period for kids who bring guns to school, as Kinkel did the day before the shooting. Members of Congress are pushing a bill that would crack down on dealers who sell firearms...
...produce much detailed physical evidence to back up the theory. It wasn't until the 1970s that Yale paleontologist John Ostrom began building a bone-by-bone case for the link--at least for theropod dinosaurs, which include velociraptors and tyrannosaurs. By the mid-1990s, the list of parts common to birds and dinos included wishbones, breastbones, three-toed feet, hollow bones and swiveling wrist joints...
That has been enough to convince most dinosaur experts, but some paleontologists who specialize in birds didn't much like the theory. Both birds and dinosaurs, they contend, evolved from some older common ancestor. Any similarities between the two groups, they say, have to do with that parentage, and also with the fact that evolution can often produce the same features, even in utterly unrelated animals. Sharks and dolphins, for example, have comparable body shapes, though one is a fish and the other a mammal. Such disparate creatures as bats, birds and butterflies all have wings in common...
They aren't much help. Bromides and tautologies are common: Treat people like human beings, not automatons; cutting costs saves money. Self-contradiction masquerades as Zenlike philosophical balance: Never lose your temper, but don't be afraid to get angry. When they don't contradict themselves, these guides often contradict one another. One CEO succeeds because of his maniacal attention to detail. The next CEO's secret is setting broad goals and keeping her eye on the big picture. One CEO is glorified as a hyperkinetic workaholic. Another is praised for the wisdom of adopting a measured pace and leaving...
...marriage penalty is a peculiar "tax" levied mainly on married couples in which the husband and wife have similar incomes. Once relatively rare, pay parity in two-earner homes has become fairly common in the '90s--and there's the rub. Such households often pay more federal income tax married than if the two earners had remained single and just moved in together. How's that for Uncle Sam walking in on your love life...