Word: development
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...working very hard to develop depth, and we need that depth for the Easterns," Bernal explained. "I had promised the team that they would he swimming fast [at this point in the season] so we could come out as a class team...
White House aides, adapting to his mellow managerial style, seldom prod the President, nor he them. Instead, Reagan waits for an amiable consensus to develop among his advisers, who work within the boundaries of Reagan's ideology. Except for his unbudging devotion to a military buildup and opposition to tax increases, he often accepts uncritically his advisers' recommendations. Such openness has cured Reagan of certain ideological tics: he now understands, for instance, that the International Monetary Fund is no mere Third World boondoggle. Yet his grasp of important issues is often shaky and, even more troubling, he seems...
Experts note that reserve-rich oil and gas producers like Phillips Petroleum (estimated 1983 revenues: $15.3 billion) and Sun Co. ($15.5 billion) are among the most attractive merger prospects. Reason: big oil firms can acquire energy reserves through mergers far more cheaply than they can find and develop them...
...Democratic party holders will seriously examine the merits of the freeze idea. The nuclear issue had received only cursory consideration from within the Democratic camp precisely because a consensus has been reached so quickly. But, for the Democrats to present a realistic alternative to the Reagan militarism, they must develop a realistic proposal to bring the arms race under control and lessen the likelihood of Armageddon...
...never changes and it always changes," says Henderson, explaining. "The underlying principles of fairness remain the same whereas new areas of law develop." As a result, historians worldwide come to the Treasure Room to examine the first Law of Torts, the early history of Court Chancery, and its international law collection...