Word: consumerized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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In Kadrmas v. Dickenson Public Schools, which was decided last summer, the high court ruled that primary and secondary schooling is not a right which all children can enjoy, but a consumer good available to those who can afford it.
In the House, members of Congress denounced the nation's radio talk-show hosts, who, along with consumer advocate Ralph Nader, helped foil the legislators' attempt at raising their own salaries. High-powered Washington journalist David S. Broder ridiculed radio jocks, accusing them of "knownothing demagoguery" in a recent column...
The leading destination for legal and perhaps illegal ivory is Asia. Hong Kong is a major manufacturer and exporter of ivory jewelry, and 30% of the colony's output goes to Americans. "People in the U.S. just don't connect ivory with elephants," says Mark Stanley Price, a director of...
One reason for raising the banking industry's fees as part of the rescue package is to ensure that they do not obtain too much of a competitive advantage over thrifts in terms of their costs of doing business. Another reason is simply to bolster the banking industry's reserve...
Now Japan's camera makers are ready to try again, this time with improved technology and prices aimed at a broader consumer market. At the Photo Marketing Association's big annual trade show in Dallas this week, Sony and Canon will introduce a pair of palm-size, lightweight still-video...