Word: outgrowths
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...national movements, leaders hasten to add, couldn't have gotten this far without constant pressure from student groups, whom they credit as the real leaders of the national movement. Indeed, they say, the current spate of activism across the country is a direct outgrowth of student protests in this country during the late 1970s sparked by the bloody riots of Black high school students in Soweto, the Black township outside Johannesburg...
Longtime industry observers view the loyalty of some customers as a natural outgrowth of the attitudes that IBM drills into its workers from the day they arrive. "IBM creates an environment that is unique because of its strong set of beliefs and principles," says Martin. "It is almost overwhelming how it affects employees and rubs off on customers...
...national movements, leaders hasten to add, couldn't have gotten this far without constant pressure from student groups, whom they credit as the real leaders of the national movement. Indeed, they say, the current spate of activism across the country is a direct outgrowth of student protests in this country during the late 1970s sparked by the bloody riots of Black high school students in Soweto, the Black township outside Johannesburg...
...December, the Massachusetts Legislature voted to repeal the statutes prohibiting retail sales on Sundays, the outgrowth of a Massachusetts tradition as old as the Pilgrims. The new law--which formally goes into effect Sunday--affects most retail establishments except for liquor stores...
...corporate executives who prefer to think on their feet. George Shinn, chairman and chief executive officer of First Boston Corp., a leading investment-banking house, has been a devoted stander for twelve years. Shinn, a Merrill Lynch alumnus who also had backaches, believes that tall desks are simply an outgrowth of evolution. Says he: "We crawled and walked on all fours before standing, so the upright posture is the most natural." Both Shinn and Birk are following in the tradition of Edward Allen Pierce, a Merrill Lynch founder who worked standing up until he was 90. Now several of Shinn...