Word: parent
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...divorce rate rose in the '70s, so did the comforting theory that most children do not really need both parents at home to grow up straight. Children are amazingly resilient, said the theory, and besides, one parent can do the job because quality of emotional care is more important than mere quantity. According to a new study of children who get in trouble at school, however, that is apparently not the case. The study, conducted by the Kettering Foundation and the National Association of Elementary School Principals, surveyed 8,556 students at 15 elementary and high schools around...
...conclusion of the study: schools must pay more attention to the problems of one-parent children. According to the Census Bureau, 48% of children born this year will spend a considerable amount of time in a one-parent family...
...hard news content from the morning edition, the Post remains virtually the same all day long, although the editors may change headlines as many as six times throughout the day to perk up sales. And Tonight is only part of a $20 million investment that the News and its parent, Chicago's Tribune Co., are making in what News Publisher Robert Hunt calls "the most ambitious editorial-improvement plan in our 61-year history...
...average 25% to 30%. Last week J.C. Penney Co. announced that profits for April through June were down 69%, to a negligible $5 million on sales of $2.5 billion. Last week the perennially troubled Korvettes Inc., the retail chain, was saved from probable bankruptcy when its French parent was able to restructure the store's $57.2 million in bank loans. Some suppliers had already halted shipments to the store...
...selling its phone service in such leading markets as New York City, Houston and San Diego. The company's brashly imitative advertising campaign tells customers to "reach out and touch someone. But do it for half of what Bell charges." Meanwhile, ITT, Western Union and even the parent corporation of the Southern Pacific railroad have started up similar operations...