Word: lag
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...more homogeneous society than the American, Finally, British military morale has improved since Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's government pushed through a 32% pay raise for the armed forces last spring. British servicemen are now generally paid the same as civilians in comparable jobs; their American counterparts still lag far behind...
Eyes sagging from jet lag, but still perky and extremely sincere, McGraw will repeatedly deliver the "social awareness" line throughout the day. Every reporter and television host is suspicious of her motives for doing unpaid yeoman service to an organization that seemingly disappeared from view after the Sixties. If interviews press her--the hostess on Channel 56 asked McGraw redoubles her sincerity and comes up with creative variations on the original explanation: "It's an awareness campaign--you can really change the quality of life in America," or "It's not about raising money. It's about taking control...
...water and don't eat food. To give himself more leg room and use his time more profitably to get work done, he sits whenever possible in an aisle seat and never volunteers to exchange business cards. He is wary of the judgment-distorting dangers of jet-lag fatigue and rarely signs a contract on the same day that he travels through multiple time zones, whether east or west. On the other hand, he does not hesitate to strike a deal upon deplaning from a north-south trip where there are no time-zone changes...
...tranquillity, some of them are dunking themselves, in total darkness and aloneness, for an hour or more at a time in small tanks filled with 250 gal. of 93.5° salt water. Why? To achieve, through "sensory deprivation," surcease from tension, reconciliation with the id, relief from jet lag, hangover, back pain or nicotine withdrawal, for rediscovery of the womb, a flow of delta brain waves-or just a snooze. The experience might be called the caviar of self-indulgence. Float tanks, as they are called, originated on the West Coast. The idea behind them was developed in the 1950s...
Even when women do receive tenured positions, they suffer from economic discrimination. Their salaries lag behind those of men. In 1978, the average salary for a male professor was $19,313 but for a female professor, it was $15,941--17.5 per cent lower. These studies control for variables such as type of institution and field of study. The salary gap tends to increase over time and with increasing rank. For example, the salary difference at the level of assistant professor puts women 4 per cent below their male colleagues; 15 years after receiving their doctorates, women earn from...