Word: paces
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...with the Bank of Boston, but he left after three years to join TA, where he felt he could "have an impact." Now Croll, who is married with one child, works ten- and twelve-hour days and spends one of every four weeks on the road, a pace that he calls "deliberate." A fervent advocate of free enterprise, Croll believes that "most of the job creation in this country is coming from small growth companies. That is why America is doing as well as it's doing...
...culture of quickness has inspired smaller operators to accelerate their pace as well. In Los Angeles, for example, time-conscious consumers can flip through the telephone book to find Speedy Attorney Service, Fast Glass & Screens, Rapid Brake Service, Instant Wedding Chapel and Swift Secretarial Service. The dry-cleaning listings of any phone directory look like a thesaurus entry for the word fast, including the omnipresent 1-Hour Martinizing shops and archrivals with such names as Prompt Cleaners, Presto Cleaners and One-Hour Lusterizing...
...Tuesday confirmed weeks of leaks: the U.S. would stay in compliance with the SALT II treaty for the moment by dismantling two Poseidon missile-firing submarines to make way for a newly launched Trident sub, but it would also continue equipping B-52 bombers with cruise missiles at a pace that will break the treaty's limits by year's end. It looked like a typical something-for- both-doves-and-hawks move, leaving in doubt which was more important: the continued compliance or the pending violation...
Although the almost $4 billion endowment is soaring at an unprecedented pace--about $100 million a month--fundraising and tuition have had to bear a higher burden in bankrolling the University's costs. While the endowment funded 22 percent of the budget 10 years ago, its share slid to a low of 18 percent last year. At the same time, fundraising has had to cover 3 percent more than its 15 percent share a decade ago, and tuition's share has jumped 6 percent to a 33 percent rate last year...
...Long Island. Or the clear desert air of Arizona reinforces the sense of being cleansed. Whatever the surroundings, the wake-up call likely comes at 6 a.m., and after a breakfast that could be served in a thimble and saucer, the hectic dawn-to- dusk pace rivals anything ever dreamed up by a drill sergeant. "By the end of the day," declares Diane Sepler, 46, a Miami interior designer who is a happy devotee of such regimens, "I'm like a noodle...