Word: dealing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Rabin said, presciently foreshadowing what the world would come to think of his own breakthrough diplomacy with the Arabs. "Sometimes even if a goal is correct, only a certain person can make it happen. Nixon could change on China because he was seen as strong enough to deal with his eyes open. Here," Rabin continued, "perhaps only a military man can have the standing to make peace--and those without that status could compromise too much or use too much muscle because they worry that people think they're weak...
...years, cereal makers have been pounding home the message that their product is a really good deal, just pennies per serving. But consumers are not buying it anymore-- literally...
Post is using its new price drops to try a more rational approach to marketing. Typically, the manufacturers raise prices aggressively and then "deal back"--that is, offer coupons while at the same time paying grocers incentives to promote the product. This method is enormously wasteful. Consumers, annoyed by or indifferent to coupons, redeem only a fraction of those distributed; the handling costs are high; and, worst of all, it's not a particularly effective way to build a brand. Smart shoppers often "cherry pick" a category, buying only the brand that's on sale, so the manufacturer gains...
...black students, have often been enormous. There has always been some preference in the black community, as in the white, for neighborhood schools (though these may be more an ideal than a reality for the children of the poor, who tend to move, or be moved, a great deal). And there is a realistic pessimism about the prospects for integration. Says the Legal Defense Fund's Shaw: "My sense is a lot of people are saying, 'We're tired of chasing white folks. It's not worth the price we have...
...great deal of social engineering went into creating school segregation in the first place, points out William Taylor, a Washington lawyer who has worked on civil rights cases for 40 years. Taylor laments what he sees as the courts' "peculiar notion that segregation is the natural condition and desegregation goes against the natural order of things. The court's own finding in Brown was that segregation had been imposed by law and practice for many years. Missouri is a good example. You have racially restrictive covenants, racially restrictive ordinances. The notion that somehow segregation came about all because of people...