Word: developed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...could be the case that [DOE] programreviewers of the institution are not requestingthe security reports on a regular basis, so thereare few benefits for schools to take the time andmoney (especially since the Security Act is anunfunded mandate) to develop a security report,"he wrote...
Britain. Italy. France. Australia. The whole of the U.S. The call could be from anywhere. Bipin Shah's bounty hunters, chasing a $2 million reward, are scattered around the world. The multimillionaire Philadelphia banker, who helped develop automated-teller systems, has 100 Sherlocks sniffing trails, rummaging through trash and cashing in chits with official sources. Each one scrabbling to find Shah's abducted daughters--Sarah is 8, and Genevieve 6--and claim the prize...
...learned theorists. In the minds of most people, time was vague; the future was tomorrow's sunrise, the next harvest, the coming winter or the inevitability of death. The more distant future belonged to the realm of religion. The modern concept of the future did not begin to develop until the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance, with the gradual consolidation of calendars, the spread of clocks and the stirrings of new forces. Both science and commerce needed to anticipate things, whether a chemical reaction or the expiration of contracts...
Baby boomers who want to stay young forever--and who desires anything less these days?--are giving the pharmaceutical industry something that very few consumer-products makers have: a growing, demand-driven market. American companies will spend more than $20 billion this year to develop pills and potions for everything from wrinkles and baldness to the prevention of strokes and heart attacks. More boomer selfishness? Maybe not. If science insists on getting more mileage out of the engine and prolonging our lives--thus allowing us to work into our 70s--what's wrong with maintaining the chrome and fenders...
OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD Your job may pose a risk--for your child. Kids whose mothers worked in the chemical industry for five years before pregnancy may be three times as likely to develop a brain tumor. If fathers did, the risk doubles...