Word: grandmas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After a difficult search for polically correct appointees to the Corporation--all were taken by the Bush administration--Harvard finally fills a vacant spot with one who has some extra time on his hands. "Grandma was right, I could get into Harvard, if I tried hard enough. Thanks, Dad," says Vice President J. Danforth Quayle. The Corporation's other vacancy is soon filled, when Gov./Rep./Mayor Joseph P. Kennedy II decides he needs the prestigious post for his resume...
...Heating oil, for the moment, costs less per gallon than bottled no-lead spring water. Never mind economy, however. There are congested localities such as Aspen, Colo., and Missoula, Mont., where wood burning is immoral, toxically wasteful and severely curtailed. The sweet-smelling, picturesque blue-gray smoke rising from Grandma's condo on a crisp December morning simply loads the air with too much additional junk...
...headaches are taken on as well. If little Suzy goes off to day care with a cold, Dad may fret about it at the office all day. If Mom suddenly has to work late, there may be no one to pick up Suzy and give her dinner. And if Grandma falls and breaks her hip, that budget report due tomorrow just doesn't seem so important anymore...
...sandwich generation" of workers must often care for both children and parents, companies can no longer ignore workers' personal needs. A special report examines how firms are responding, from building a day- care center at the office for Junior to providing help in finding the right nursing home for Grandma. The result: higher employee morale and productivity...
...rather rambunctious grandchildren. The youngsters made such a mess that an exhausted Barbara merely shoved aside the flowers and papers on her bed and went quickly to sleep. This was much to the disappointment of the two mischievous grandchildren who had planted a great fuzzy artificial snake in Grandma...