Word: lags
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Last March, French President François Mitterrand visited California's Silicon Valley and liked what he saw. "We know that our country is late in undertaking this phase of its evolution," he told an audience of U.S. entrepreneurs. "We are making a considerable effort to overcome this lag." Yet for France and Western Europe to succeed, there will have to be a consensus for change, a renewed belief in technology and a new willingness to take the great risks that often lead to equally great payoffs. -By Alexander L. Taylor III. Reported by Lawrence Malkin/Paris, with other bureaus
...uninvent" nuclear weaponry--Schell concedes that is impossible but rather seeks to use the everlasting knowledge of how to construct nukes as deterrent against another power attempting nuclear blackmail. The difference is that, instead of the current seven minute time lapse between the commencement of hostilities and Armageddon, the lag would be anywhere from a week to a few months...
...teaching talent. In the past 14 years, Louisiana has hired as many as 300 French teachers a year from Belgium, Quebec and France to teach in Cajun classrooms. Although the state has been trying to train Louisiana natives to teach French, the supply of teachers continues to lag behind demand. Furthermore, in the 1985-86 school year, all public schools in Louisiana will be required to teach a second language in grades 4 through 8, which will create the need for about 360 new French teachers...
...addition to the choppy waters, the team also had to overcome the effects of jet lag because of the 12-hour time difference...
...paper's columnists and specialists lag behind the newsroom. The Herald covers business adequately, especially in a weekly section that ranges up to 78 pages, but is uneven in reviewing the arts and undistinguished in writing about lifestyles. Visually it is blocky, and photos are often muddy. Its primary flaw: like many other major dailies, it suggests that being serious precludes having...