Word: developers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...teach critical thinking to people of any age if we can figure out how to do it," says Karen Strohm Kitchener, 43, assistant professor of education at the University of Denver. "What we are saying is that ((such thinking)) is a developmental process and that mature judgment doesn't develop until the middle or often the late...
...prognosis for carriers of the virus seems bleaker than previously imagined. While public health officials first believed that perhaps 10% of those infected would go on to develop AIDS, evidence now suggests that at least 50% of them will progress to the full-blown disease. As more cases are reported, researchers have come to realize that the chances of developing AIDS are greater in the second five years after infection than in the first. "As time goes on," says Dr. James Curran, a top AIDS epidemiologist at the CDC, "only a minority of infected people will remain healthy. I feel...
Control Data got into trouble by developing "corpocracy," or corporate bloat, at a relatively early age. William Norris, a former Sperry Rand general manager who started the company in 1957, had managed by the early 1960s -- with a staff of only a few thousand employees -- to take the industry lead in building high-speed computers for scientists and engineers. But as the company grew and prospered during the 1970s, the founder's interests began to wander toward wide-ranging and public-spirited ventures that diverted money and managerial attention. The company built factories in low-income regions like Appalachia, tried...
Understanding the structure of surfaces and interfaces "is relevant to the knowledge one needs to develop a cutting edge in modern technology," said Henry Ehrenreich, Clowes professor of science and director of the materials research...
...assistant director of the Harriman Institute for Russian Studies at Columbia University: "Glasnost is a lever to break up the static formations of the entrenched interests and corrupt groups that have been so powerful. But the implementation of these policies is hindered because ((Gorbachev)) has not had time to develop the support among mid- and lower-level officials. It's a huge machine, and it's very hard to get a handle on it." Jeremy Azrael of the Rand Corp., a West Coast think tank, says that regional party bosses have become "feudal barons" and that Gorbachev has to gain...