Word: grows
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...judgment tends to hatch in the preteen years and to progress, ideally, through seven stages. Individuals at the first two of these levels, they say, react like the freshman, accepting preordained conclusions that come from supposedly incontrovertible authority. At the next two stages, generally from 18 to 21, people grow skeptical of the notion that anything can be rationally known and justify beliefs by what feels right. At levels five and six (ages 22 to 25), represented by the graduate student, they see reality as a matter of interpretation, with knowledge entirely subjective. The highest level concedes personal bias...
...federal level President Reagan has talked of a GROW (Greater Opportunities through Work) program, but has not yet sent a bill to Congress. When he does, it is expected to concentrate on encouraging widespread state and local pilot projects, largely by waiving restrictive federal rules that now inhibit them. In his Saturday radio talk, the President picked up on that theme by inviting Governors to the White House this month to discuss welfare reforms in which states play a greater role. Kennedy is in the game as well. Last week he introduced a bill that would give sizable federal "bonuses...
...Firestone can only hope that as the first to slim down, it may also be the first to enjoy fully the benefits of greater efficiency and lower costs. Says Nevin: "The pruning we've done is pretty severe, but this company is beginning to grow again...
They say absence makes the heart grow fonder, but Financial Vice President Thomas O'Brien might not agree. "My perfect Valentine would be for the President [Bok] to take a three-month vacation every year," he says...
...Stockholm's Pkbanken: "Either the dollar has to fall more or there will be more protectionism in the U.S." Both outcomes could undermine European growth. Concludes Mast: "We must stop telling the Americans what to do to help the world economy and start doing something ourselves. We have to grow...