Word: contraction
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Republicans crank up the election machinery for the next congressional election, a small group of congressmen are feeling a particular pang: Should they honor the pledge they made in 1994, in conjunction with the failed term-limit plank of the Contract with America, to quietly exit in 2000? At least 10 GOP incumbents face that question. The answer has implications for the personal and political integrity of each member -- and for the continued Republican control of Congress...
...bear Harvard's name. At the time, we were not in a very good position to respond, because traditionally universities in this country have not been involved in the manufacture of such items. Universities authorize licensees such as Champion or Starter to produce clothing, and those licensees in turn contract with shirt or hat factories who do the actual manufacturing. The licensees pay us a royalty (usually less than 10 percent of the wholesale price, which is about half the retail price) for each item. But universities are not in the business of making or selling the clothing itself...
Second, what can Harvard or other universities actually do to improve conditions that need improving? Students and organized labor urge that we stop doing business with companies that do not adhere to responsible manufacturing practices, but terminating a contract does not by itself improve any worker's situation. The threat of termination only works if it induces manufacturers to improve conditions themselves. Would such threats be effective? Who are the responsible manufacturers out there who operate safe and humane workplaces, to whom we could switch our business? Most licensees already have codes of responsible conduct. Are they effective or just...
...answered without hesitation: "He washes the dishes." Brott, 40, an athletic ex-Marine and the Berkeley, Calif., author of a series of hugely popular books on fatherhood, didn't set out to be the superdad's superdad. When Tirzah was born eight years ago, he was working as a contract negotiator for a shipping company and thought business was his calling. But he found himself taking more time off and, over his employer's objections, bringing his little girl to work on occasion. Then in 1992 he wrote a short essay for Newsweek that set the course...
LeBlanc said Harvard might contract the new clapper from the factory in England where it was originally made 13 years ago, but he is currently seeking a faster domestic option...