Word: marketization
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...appeal to the pre-teen and adolescent crowd, the continued existence of WILD (now in its 50th year) and the success of black-oriented programming on local college radio stations-such as this weekend's "history of hip hop" orgy on WHRB--indicate that there is a Boston market for serious urban music...
...large urban FM could expand this market to suburban kids like me, who nationally are the number one buyer of rap records. When Chuck D of Public Enemy said that rap is "the black CNN," he meant that it was a way for blacks to get information from other black communities; by bringing this information to white suburban teens (most of whom don't watch white CNN), black artists, with the help of urban radio stations, have the potential to make the country's most serious social problems meaningful to the nation's next generation of leaders...
...stock market and the booming economy are great, but they're only great for a few people, and the rest of us are riding the tide. When the bubble bursts, we'll need some politicians who are willing to make some tough choices about the way this nation is going to work. We'll need people who are willing to be real politicians, instead of just playing them...
After voicing initial concerns about the potential cost, U.S. industry has shown itself more open to hiring people with disabilities--especially in the midst of the tightest labor market in memory. In 1994, the latest year for which U.S. Census Bureau statistics are available, some 3.7 million people with severe disabilities were at work, up from 2.9 million three years earlier. That said, there is still a long way to go. As the employment numbers also indicate, a large proportion of America's disabled population still has its nose pressed against the workplace window. Prejudice, lack of adequate transportation...
Says the older Pettigrew: "We have learned to take measures to insure against a downturn by choosing investments that will fall back into demand the most quickly as the market recovers, or ones that can be paid off fully within the first lease agreement...