Word: mattered
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...riddled with problems that make its collapse inevitable, but unemployment has never been one of them. Mao Zedong's promise of the "iron rice bowl" was the traditional communist guarantee of full employment. However decrepit the economy might be, everyone would always have a job, no matter how economically redundant. You pretend to work and we pretend to pay you. And yet on Friday, even as portraits of Mao were driven through the streets of Beijing, 100 million Chinese face the prospect of joblessness with no social safety...
...best players in the NBA and the man best known for what Michael Jordan accomplished, reportedly is close to having his way and being traded from Houston to Portland. The Houston Chronicle and Portland Oregonian both reported the deal, with The Chronicle implying that it is just a matter of time...
...expressed his feeling that no matter how hard he tries to keep up with the times, his 10 years away from the newsroom have left him out of touch. The Nieman Foundation, he wrote in his letter to the advisory board, is ready for "an upgrade...
...course, defining the "real world" and its "real people" can be sticky. Whose to say that the quality of mackerel and incestuous soap operas are more "real" than any of our daily concerns, especially for we seniors, for whom resume font size and Kaplan Review are no laughing matter...
...shooting hasn't been the best," Blaine said. "But I think it's just a matter of time before we start putting the ball...