Word: designations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tired." Over time, that homework fatigue can pull at the fabric of families. As early as third grade, Rachel Heckelman, now 11, came home every day from her elementary school in Houston with three hours' worth of homework. The assignments were often so dizzyingly complex--one asked her to design an entire magazine--that Rachel looked for any way to procrastinate. Her mother Lissa tried banning TV for the night. When that didn't work, Lissa pleaded with increasing impatience. "I would get red in the face, and she would get defensive," Lissa says. Rachel's father typically removed himself...
...time high. Yet 63% of children ages 7 to 10 are worried about dying young, according to one study. This is not as paradoxical as it sounds. We have lengthened the human lifetime by declaring war against risk on fronts ranging from medicine to car design. And wars make people painfully conscious of the enemy...
Requiring more capital than traditional student businesses, such as web design, real estate investment is a risky form of speculation; investors are subjected to the harsh market cycles that characterize the industry. Pettigrew, whose father also runs his own real estate business, grew especially interested in the business after his group came across their first deal...
...International Auto Show, the 2001 model is more muted than the 1955 original, but it's still very Beach Boys. The original Thunderbird, after all, was the car that virtually defined America's postwar enthusiasm--an age of relative innocence. Says J Mays, Ford Motor Co. vice president for design: "We're trying to communicate traditional optimism, confidence, relaxed sportiness and American...
Detroit's wheels see the past as prologue. "We went through this period where you couldn't tell products apart," says Tom Gale, DaimlerChrysler's design chief, whose latest offering is the snazzy Chrysler PT Cruiser, a cross between a minivan and a 1930s roadster. "Now we're finally starting to see a little more identity." Isn't it nice...