Word: following
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...pursuit of power follow the news. But book reading is something special. Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson and Harry Truman were three who indulged. John Kennedy could speed-read 1,200 words a minute, so he was able to continue consuming books even in the White House. Carter also took a speed-reading course but claims no records; yet he fully intends to keep up with important books should he win the November election, though campaigning will slow his consumption until then...
...background of the argument is that accountants have long been able to follow widely varying methods of calculating a company's profit or loss. As a hypothetical case, depending on which of two methods of figuring the value of goods held in inventory was followed, an oil company in 1974 might have claimed a profit of $6 or a loss of $1 on each barrel of petroleum sold from stockpiles. Companies and their auditors have been known to switch from one method to another, which would enable a company to report the greatest immediate profit. In an effort...
...needs restudy). But aware of their own impatience during boring stretches of both 1976 conventions, they may wonder about the public's reaction. Can it be that there now exists a two-tiered public response to politics as well as to baseball: a few political fans who will follow the fight over rule 16c as avidly as baseball nuts study box scores, while everybody else is at best only tepidly curious to hear how the game finally came...
Americans who did no more than read the published transcripts soon knew better-that Nixon was neither innocent nor right. Now the same Republican leaders who so totally misread Watergate want the people of this country to forget about it and follow them. Perhaps the polls are reflecting that it may be too much for them to forget and forgive...
...child use their eyes as part of the communication process. A mother spends much of her time during the child's first four to nine months, says Bruner, simply trying to discover what the child is looking at. At four months, 20% of babies can be induced to follow their mother's gaze, and by one year, 70% can do the same thing, even if she is looking at an object behind the baby...