Word: margined
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...deify self-interest, profit and efficiency and then act shocked when we hear that factories abuse their workers in the name of these pursuits. Greed, single-minded pursuit of profit and inhumanity enable our economy. We do our best to limit the havoc that the dictates of the profit margin so often wreaks on humanity and the environment, but in the flurry of reigning in the forces which drive our economy we forget to wonder if there isn't a better...
There are encouraging indications that The Crimson is aware of these broader obligations, and recent changes have all been in the right direction. Both the sailing and squash teams counted four stories in The Crimson this year, which is more than ever before by a large margin. The Sports department has a larger executive staff this year, which means that more sports are assured some coverage. There has also been a concerted effort to have more features highlighting issues in less-known sports, such as women's boxing, weight loss techniques for wrestlers, fencing and Women's Olympic Hockey...
...lack of moral values. And yet the most popular leader in the country is a politician who half of us believe, according to a new TIME/CNN poll, "lacks the proper moral character to be President." We'll tolerate extraordinary flaws in a successful President and leave almost no margin for error in a threatening witness. He might even be able to fondle a woman in a hallway near the Oval Office and get away with it if she tried to sell her story, asked for a favor or sent a Christmas card...
...Margin of error is +/-4.3%. Source: Yankelovich Partners...
...orbits before its predicted impact, the solution would be straightforward. "You apply some modest impulse to the asteroid at its closest approach to the sun," says Los Alamos' Canavan. "The slight deflection that results will amplify during each orbit, ensuring that the asteroid misses Earth by a wide margin." That little push, he notes, could be provided by conventional high explosives...