Word: kingdom
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...British policy in Northern Ireland-to try to keep it in the United Kingdom by general consent-has not worked, is not working and will not work," the newspaper declared. Echoing a recent speech by former Prime Minister James Callaghan, it suggested that the six counties of Ulster become an independent nation, enjoying economic subsidies and military protection from Britain. To prevent the Protestants, who outnumber Catholics 1 million to 500,000, from abusing their majority status, as they did before Northern Ireland's civil rights movement erupted in 1968, both Callaghan and the Sunday Times proposed a bill...
...cope, some institutions have had to import nurses from the Philippines, the United Kingdom and Canada. By next year, 20% of the 5,600 nurses in New York's municipal hospitals will be Filipino. And still the city will be short 1,000 nurses. Many more use temporary nursing employment agencies that have proliferated, particularly in California, where the nurse shortage is acute. Some Southern California hospitals rely on such agencies for as much as 60% of their staff, but the solution is hardly ideal. Agency fees can cost a hospital millions of dollars each year. Staff morale suffers...
...frequent visits to Harbor place, the Most Happy Fella among all strollers and browsers is Jim Rouse himself. Though the Maryland-based Rouse Co. is one of the world's largest real estate development and management organizations (1980 revenues: $119.5 million), controlling a nationwide retail kingdom that in aggregate acreage is bigger than the principality of Monaco, its multimillionaire founder is not a regular at the "21" Club or Maxim's. Rouse is more comfortable with his feet on the ground of his own projects, and the new Baltimore is clearly the one dearest to his heart; indeed...
Sports at Harvard live in a strange middle kingdom. On one hand, there are some of the best athletes in the country here--people who could have gotten scholarships almost anywhere they wanted. And Harvard has the facilities--brand new pool, hockey rink, indoor track and (with luck) basketball arena--to keep these folks happy and limber...
...wedding pyrotechnics remained entirely benign: the chain of bonfires lit all over the United Kingdom; the fireworks display, which also helped raise money for disabled people, who are one of Prince Charles' particular interests; and the subtle shimmers of graceful light from thousands of mother-of-pearl sequins on the bride's wedding gown. Designers David and Elizabeth Emanuel ultimately proved to be more adept at keeping close to the ground than Gildersleeve and Beevis. After putting the word around that they had prepared several back-up dresses in case of a security breach, they finally fessed...