Word: promptly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...personally am all for prompt retirement for everyone, including myself," said Franklin L. Ford '48, McLean professor of Ancient and Modern History emeritus, who is retired...
...that bank earnings hit a record $32.2 billion in 1992, even as bank lending declined. Armed with such statistics, President Clinton asked the industry to loosen credit strings, particularly for small businesses. To encourage the major lending companies to lend more, Clinton unveiled a package of proposals designed to prompt banks to extend loans more on the basis of track record and reputation than on collateral...
...dire warnings about the potential death of this market are not exactly bolstered by the restaurant association's own studies. In 1986 it released a report claiming that the 20% decline in deductibility would prompt a 6% drop in annual sales and job losses of more than 400,000 per year. As a result, the argument went, any gains to the Treasury would be more than offset by lost revenue from income and sales taxes...
Many fear that the single market will prompt more short-term unemployment, as companies shut down scattered operations and consolidate. Unless rules are equally enforced by member countries, industries could demand a return to protectionism. Protests have erupted over the fear that lower wages and benefits in some countries will draw industry away from such socially liberal nations as France and Germany. Many also fear that broadening the E.C. by admitting East European nations will weaken it economically. But, says European Commission president Jacques Delors, "building Europe has not been a long, calm process." Forced to cope with the realities...
...disease is easily detected with a blood test, but since most cases are mild and self-limiting, there's no consensus on how aggressively it should be treated. However, once serious symptoms appear -- including skin rashes, labored breathing and achy joints -- treatment must be prompt. Unfortunately, all four antifungal drugs in use are disagreeable and often toxic. The worst, victims agree, is amphotericin B, known as "Ampho the Terrible" to those who have to have it injected into the base of their skull for meningitis. The side effects include nausea, fever and kidney damage. In severe cases, where the fungus...