Word: gradualness
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...knee. Explains Dr. Henry Mankin, chief of orthopedics at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston: "The nerve supply to the joint is crucial. If the nerves are lost, the mechanisms necessary to control the joint are not operative." In the past, attempted whole-knee transplants have resulted in the gradual degeneration of the joint, necessitating an artificial knee, a second graft or even amputation...
...much harder and slower than the last generation believed, that to work, it must be a building- by-building, street-by-street evolution. The planning for New York's new Battery Park City development, for instance, quite nicely incorporates many of the old ways; visual surprise was designed in, gradual changes of scale were carefully planned, stylistic variety and overall cohesion were both encouraged. "What we've learned," Fitch says, "is that if you want to rejuvenate a city, you have got to be very careful not to throw any kind of tissue away...
...uncertain. The immediate challenge for the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Treasury is to control the dollar's descent -- no easy feat -- and prevent a free fall, which would scare off foreign investors, drive up U.S. interest rates and perhaps cause another panic on Wall Street. But even a gradual decline of the dollar is no panacea. It will impose hardships on the U.S. economy that cannot be easily shrugged off, and it may not help nearly as much as Treasury Secretary James Baker and the economists believe...
...control must be appreciated for what it is: a temporary means of saving money and an indication of superpower communication, but not a substantive indication of Soviet--or, for that matter, American--goodwill. A fundamental refashioning of superpower relations requires not a simple cutback in weapons but a complex, gradual, and painstakingly slow evolution toward mutual Soviet and American understanding...
...this gradual, steady approach to building a winner is the least controversial and the least newsworthy way. George will have none of that. So the next time someone tells you that Steinbrenner thinks "winning is everything," say that George craves headlines in the papers over W's in the standings. Say that the Yankees haven't won a pennant in the last six years, and that you hope Steinbrenner had 500,000 shares of Digital, down 42 points...