Word: paced
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...they have an obligation to try to stop it." GENERAL PETER PACE, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, correcting Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's assertion at a press conference that troops witnessing prisoner abuse had no obligation to physically stop the abuse, only to report...
...There's a reason, however, that the boast requires qualifiers. Undemocratic, not-so-free-market China continues to set the economic pace with GDP growth exceeding 9%?a fact that seemed to dampen enthusiasm in New Delhi in the face of otherwise encouraging circumstances. In Asia, "China is clearly the leader of the flock," conceded India's Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram. "India is still just part of the flock." That chronic inferiority complex is rooted in industrial policy envy. China maintains a big advantage over India in sectors such as manufacturing, said Chidambaram, because its central government dictates "with brutal...
...Beijing's long-standing one-child policy, China's working-age population will begin to decline in the next 10 years. Meanwhile, India's youthfulness?350 million of its citizens are under age 15?ensures its workforce will expand for decades, potentially enabling it to outstrip China's economic pace through sheer weight of numbers. "This is a key thing," said Kamal Nath, India's Minister for Commerce and Industry. "China is aging faster than any other country in history. It is growing old before it has grown rich." It's one surprising side effect of Beijing's brutal efficiency...
...report on what remains to be accomplished in New Orleans, three months after Hurricane Katrina, moved readers to share their concern about conditions there. Some were outraged by the slow pace of the government's recovery efforts, while others argued against rebuilding in a flood zone...
...same time, though, you should think about whether taking time right now is the best decision for you. Maybe all you need is a change of pace at school—a switch of activities or a difference course load. Perhaps you instead want to take some time to do something different the year after college. Whatever the case, you should think through your decision and consider the way you may want to spend your time...