Word: grows
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...proud of their culture, and they indoctrinate their children with patriotism. Before they can speak, American children, unlike Europeans, learn to stand at the first notes of the Star Spangled Banner. Why search beyond this overwhelming culture for more, say the parents? Why bother to learn about Europe? Children grow up assuming that the world revolves around America. After all, America is already a productive country full of enthusiastic and ambitious citizens. Why should Americans reach beyond their borders...
What had to come together to produce such waves? The first ingredient, says Collins, is a powerful storm. Its winds blow across the surface of the ocean, creating little wavelets that grow into larger and larger waves. Eventually, a swarm of waves four or more feet high may sweep out from a storm in the far-western Pacific, say, and head toward the coast of North America. The trouble is, not all 4-ft. waves are created equal. One may turn into a wimpy 4-ft. breaker when it nears the shore, while another may shoot up to a height...
...running geeks who would do anything to avoid a real job. But this won't be a jog in the park. Last week the company announced a restructuring that landed heavily on its sports center-cum-headquarters in Beaverton, Ore., where about 250 employees were laid off. "When you grow quickly," says Thomas Clarke, the biomechanics Ph.D. who is president and chief operating officer, "sometimes you have layers you don't need; sometimes you have some areas that aren't as focused...
Another assumption is that the economy will grow steadily, continually pushing up tax revenues. Should there be one or more recessions instead, Reischauer thinks, the budget over the next 10 years or so would swing back and forth between "little surpluses" and offsetting "little deficits." Even that would mark the achievement, albeit more than 35 years late, of a goal once proclaimed by John F. Kennedy: a balanced budget over the business cycle...
...hacker of the old school. He has always aspired to something grander: to change the world. At the top of his resume, he'd carefully spelled it out: "employment objective: To improve people's lives through software." Zawinski knew that from ones and zeros gorgeous cathedrals could grow, monuments to inspire and empower people. He believed that Netscape and its browser had that potential...