Word: equality
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...policies of equal access, sex-blind admissions, and the new agreement between Harvard and Radcliffe which turns the responsibility for undergraduate education over to Harvard were cited by Horner as "increasing commitments to the changing ideals of the future...
...also promises Soviet citizens the right to have a house, income and savings, livestock and an assortment of "articles of everyday use and personal consumption and convenience." It enlarges freedoms to include the inviolability of correspondence, telephone conversations and telegrams. It also declares that spouses shall be "completely equal in their matrimonial relations...
...Japanese manufacturer sells a TV set in the U.S. for a price lower than it charges for the same set in Japan, that constitutes "dumping" under international trade rules and subjects the manufacturer to a penalty tariff. So the Japanese manufacturer quotes the U.S. importer an official price equal to the Japanese price, then makes under-the-table payments -in effect, illegal rebates-that allow the U.S. company to offer the set at prices that undercut U.S.-made TVs by $100 or more. Sometimes the payments are disguised as rebates or "credits" for advertising or shipping...
...counted simply as signs of persisting discrimination. Most regional differences are hangovers from historical divergencies in region al economies. Some disparities, however, simply defy rationalization. M.I.T. Economist Lester Thurow in his book Generating Inequality points to extreme variations in income among auto mechanics of roughly equal training and age - along with similarly extreme variations in the earnings of comparable physicians. Why such differences? Nobody has figured...
...power of its own, however, its impact could well be significant. The problem now is not that the existing bureaucracy hates consumers, but that, hearing only manufacturers' complaints day in and day out, these agencies come to sympathize with the industries they regulate. If consumers were given an equal chance to be heard, it seems reasonable to assume that business' cozy relationship with these agencies would be shaken up a bit. Even if the viewpoint that the agency expresses is not a precise or coherent one, it will at least force other agencies to consider the effects that their regulations...