Word: coping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...philosopher John Locke who had all kinds of advice about child rearing) and have sought out the best psychological methods or techniques for handling their young children, the best "learning environments" for educating them-and having done so, been found winners. The children of these elect "cope" well, "adapt" well, are able to assert themselves without "anxiety," get along with others without too much "frustration." In both instances one detects at least a thread or two of Utopian thinking. Whether it be prayer and Christian piety or psychological "insight" and the "sensitivity" that is offered in "groups" or by individual...
ENERGY. To resolve a year-long stalemate with Congress over how to cope with the energy crisis, Federal Energy Administrator Frank Zarb actively intervened on the Hill to work out a compromise that would roll back the price of domestic crude oil by about 12%, then gradually phase out controls during the ensuing 40 months. Zarb estimated that the bill could cut the price of gasoline and fuel oil by as much as 2.5? per gal., then let it rise gradually...
...woman he addresses is a remarkable and unique person: Abigail Smith Adams. Her strength pervades the letters--she is left to raise four children, manage a farm, deal with tenants, cope with inflation and keep her husband informed of military and political affairs. She handles these challenges capably. The parson's daughter is also not afraid to advise her husband on politics, constantly drawing on the Classics or English poetry to underscore her points. In one letter she attacks the institution of slavery and then enjoins her husband to "remember the Ladies" when drawing up plans for the new government...
...Greatest is certain to raise controversy because of the candid appraisals he makes of many people. For example, in talking about Wilt Chamberlain he says, "The most outstanding feature about Wilt was that he was the world's tallest Uncle Tom, which I believe forever made him unable to cope with Bill Russell on or off the basketball court." There are also some nice vignettes about people like Mayor Daley of Chicago and former Georgia governor Lester Maddox, and others of that...
...possible benefit: increased competition among common carriers could encourage some companies, like large retailers, to cut costs by getting out of the trucking business. These companies have established their own truck fleets, not because it is efficient, but because they felt it was the only way they could cope with the maze of ICC regulations...