Word: path
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...economic planning as the next inevitable step. The Government would fix the broad goals for economic growth and targets for investment and production in specific industries, although the details would be left to private firms. Only in this way, they argue, could inflation be brought under control and a path of steady growth...
...century the state had very little or no role in the overall running of the nation's business affairs. When the government did intervene, it was usually on the side of corporations, with such aid as the 19th century land grants to help the railroads build their steel path across the country. During the past generation, however, the state has become the often overpowering major-domo of the economy. And now its actions frequently carry an undertone of antibusiness hostility. While not returning to the earlier hands-off posture, government leaders must recognize the limitations of economic central direction...
Early in the 20th century, Japan and Russia stood at approximately the same stage of economic development. Japan went the capitalist route and acquired Asia's highest living standard. Russia went the Communist path and has never produced consumer goods of quality or sufficient agricultural output...
...most young pianists, the glittering path that stretched before him would have been the sheerest fantasy fulfillment. But for Pollini, there were two things wrong: it came too easily and too soon. He astonished musical observers by turning his back on celebrity, suspending all recording activity and curtailing most of his concerts. He returned to Milan for a few more years of musical study and reflection; he sought out the reclusive pianist Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli for lessons; he read philosophy and pursued his passion for chess...
Although Powell's chronology is often tedious, his concern with detail emphasizes the book's most alarming point: the Ed School never established a clear path for itself after the initial transition from Eliot's movement for secondary school reform to the acceptance of responsibility for improving the entire public school system...