Word: growth
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...increase [in the number of prefects] appears to be due to a large growth in the number of students applying for the prefect job," said Dean of Freshmen Henry C. Moses...
...billion, had endorsed a ringing "Shareholders Bill of Rights," intended as a challenge to every major U.S. corporate boardroom. Among other things, the group of hitherto largely passive investors drawn chiefly from the public sector demanded a new voice in all "fundamental decisions which could affect corporate performance and growth." Predicted Brenda Steinhour, a money- management executive who observed the session: "Proxy power is going to be a major issue in the world of investments...
...Berkeley team had focused its efforts on the bacterium Pseudomonas syringae, which lives on the leaves of many plants and actually promotes the formation of frost. As the temperature drops below 32 degrees F, specks of protein produced by the bacteria act as nuclei for the growth of ice crystals (see chart). Without the bacteria and their protein particles, plants can briefly sustain temperatures as low as 25 degrees F before the dew turns to frost. The solution seemed simple enough: from 2% to 5% of the bacteria in nature lack the ability to manufacture the protein. If large numbers...
...former Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos is wide of the mark. Corruption is widespread in Pakistan, to be sure, but Zia himself is viewed as a personally honest and religious leader. The general commands respect, if not admiration, from many Pakistanis, and has been able to sustain healthy growth in the country's economy. Last week his backers sought to blunt the effect of Bhutto's return by awarding some political favors. Prime Minister Junejo and Punjab Chief Minister Nawaz Sharif announced that, effective immediately, new land would be granted to rural tenants and urban squatters and the price of cooking...
...Saudis are placing their hopes for industrial growth in showcase projects like Jubail, a $20 billion new city that rises like a shimmering mirage above the turquoise waters of the gulf. Mile after mile of silver pipes snake across the sands at Jubail, and block after block of beige-colored bungalows fill its residential sector. From Jubail's plants come chemicals and fertilizers as well as iron, aluminum and steel. Planners expect the community to grow from the 30,000 residential workers it now houses to 300,000 by the year...