Word: groupings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...never too early to teach children that their elders should be respected as models of benevolence and sobriety. Children are dissuaded from expressing hostile feelings toward authority of any description. The concept of self exists only as it is expressed in terms of the other, usually the group. Even if taught at home, such discipline is inculcated most strikingly at school...
...Guide to U.S.A., The Visitor's Companion, is a section titled "Individualism." A sample observation: "People in the United States generally consider self- reliance and independence as ideal personal qualities. As a consequence, most people see themselves as separate individuals, not as representatives of a family, community, or other group . . . Visitors from other countries ((read China)) sometimes view this attitude as 'selfishness...
...loss reserves, a move that will give them stiff deficits now but help insulate them from defaults in the future. Manufacturers Hanover added $950 million to its reserves, Chase Manhattan $1.15 billion, and J.P. Morgan $2 billion. To shore up its finances, Manny Hanny also agreed to sell CIT Group, its corporate- finance subsidiary, to Japan's Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank for $1.3 billion...
...tire industry has intensified, overseas firms have rolled over their U.S. rivals and acquired many of them. In the past two years, such brands as Firestone and General Tire have been taken over by foreign manufacturers. Last week the U.S. ranks were further deflated when France's Michelin Group reached an agreement to take over Uniroyal Goodrich for $1.5 billion. The deal leaves Goodyear the last major U.S. contender...
...supervisors called for a voluntary ban on the sales of fortified wine in a 70-block downtown district. Some law-enforcement experts are skeptical about the effectiveness of such restrictions, saying that drunks could buy their alcohol in a better neighborhood. But Phillip Faight, chairman of a San Francisco group called Safe and Sober Streets, hailed Gallo's move. Said Faight: "If only one person goes to detox as a result of this, the whole thing's worth...