Word: crucially
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that their companies are doing a good job providing the training that will enable employees to get better jobs. In the new world of work, where Americans must plan to hold a series of jobs requiring different skills, the commitment by American business to train and develop workers is crucial to maintaining not only quality of life, but a high-quality workforce that can compete in the global economy...
...later ability to learn, limiting it in ways that cannot be offset by the uplifting sight of seeing Mom march off to work. Brain-development research indicates that in the first two years of life, virtually all our vital neural connections are being formed. Other studies show the crucial role that responsive, sensitive and stimulating care plays in forming those synapses. A bad day-care situation, where a child is understimulated for long stretches of time or moved among ever changing caregivers, may cause long-term harm to a child's cognitive and emotional development...
...that America is in the midst of sustained economic recovery, it is crucial that we turn our eyes to the urban poor, Rubin said...
...mother versus daughter motif continues until a crucial fact suddenly comes to light that bridges the conflict and brings the two to reconciliation. It becomes apparent that Azalea resembles her mother as she was at that age: impulsive, free-spirited and committed to one thing despite all the uncertainty of youth. For Azalea at this point, it is discovering herself. For Jane, it was motherhood. Their dialogue usually seems genuine, though occasional lapses in acting quality compromise the exchange's spontaneity...
Like most yuppie parents, I read Dr. Spock for crucial information, like what to do about projectile vomiting and earaches. But unlike many of my contemporaries, I ignored him on discipline. As a captive of the permissive '60s, he could be of no help to baby boomers, already hopelessly ambivalent about authority. Better to rely on the example of my own parents, who believed their children's happiness in the future was dependent on being sharply disciplined in the present...