Word: orientedness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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We are entering a resource-oriented era, in which the companies that control resources, or have the capital and technology to develop them, will prosper. Similarly, the nations that possess those resources will dominate-economically and politically.
> Providing new tax incentives for exporters, including credits for firms that set up overseas sales offices, and faster write-offs on export-oriented investments.
In the '50s Harvard disturbed many of its alumni when the Economics Department became more left-oriented, Fogel said. "It created quite a bit of concern among the old grads--some grumbled about withholding contributions. But I got here and found it wasn't that way."
To weather the crisis, colleges are considering a number of innovations. Some are beginning to stress career-oriented courses and work-related programs to satisfy the more pragmatic job applicants of the late 1970s. Quite a few colleges have inaugurated rolling admissions, deciding on applications as they come in, thus...
Begin ran into a frostier reception, however, at a dinner for 1,800 given by the business-oriented Economic Club of New York. He faced a barrage of questions. Why were the illegal settlements on the West Bank so important that they were blocking all progress toward peace? Why must...