Word: established
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...nervous aftermath of two disasters--the deadly shootout with white separatist Randy Weaver at Ruby Ridge, Idaho, and the Branch Davidian inferno near Waco, Texas, in which more than 75 people were killed. In its handling of such standoffs, the Justice Department is at pains to re-establish the line between force and recklessness. The word this time is play it cool and play it down. Attorney General Janet Reno, who took heat for approving the final assault at Waco, summed up the order of the day for Montana: "No armed confrontation, no siege and no armed perimeter...
Most people treat the term "freshman" as gender-neutral. One does not say "freshwoman." But it is difficult for female first-years, many of them struggling to establish their identifies as woman and as Harvard student, to hear the term "freshman" day after day during their first year at Harvard. At a university where "old boys" is used as an adjective for everything from locker rooms to architecture, changing the term is the least Harvard could do to make its female students feel more comfortable...
...could be bankrupt within 25 years that politicians who deny the problem risk losing their credibility. In fact, the greatest philosophical shift in Social Security's 60-year history is actually in the offing--a move toward privatizing at least a portion of the system so that workers could establish individual retirement accounts and invest in stocks and bonds. Still, swift action is unlikely. It's an election year, after all. Bill Clinton and Bob Dole will surely avoid supporting a solution without knowing how voters will react. But a loud and necessary conversation about the future financial security...
...rush? Because both on Wall Street and on Main Street, slow growth means no growth. Competitors are quick to knock off new ideas, which underscores the importance of locking up the best locations quickly. The ability to establish a national presence brings with it buying power that can lower the cost of advertising, equipment and ingredients. That in turn creates cost advantages that can be used as a weapon against less efficient operators...
...board of directors responded on the proxy shareholders' ballot, saying, "Due to the long-term nature of PepsiCo's businesses and the inevitability of political and social change, we long ago concluded that it is neither prudent nor appropriate for us to establish our own country-by-country policy...