Word: promptness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that the total compensation package of wages and benefits has been rising less rapidly because of a slowdown in the rate of increase in health-insurance costs. But now that rate is speeding up again. The resulting squeeze on payrolls is not disastrous but may soon be enough to prompt employers to lay off workers as their profit margins narrow. That is a major reason why most board members expect unemployment to rise at least slightly from its present remarkable lows...
...shortsighted shortcut, many system programmers set aside only two digits to denote the year in dates, as in 06/15/98 rather than 06/15/1998. Trouble is, when the computer's clock strikes 2000, the math can get screwy. Date-based equations like 98 - 97 = 1 become 00 - 97 = -97. That can prompt some computers to do the wrong thing and stop others from doing anything...
...really serious about bringing peace to the Middle East, perhaps it is time to mention the S word--sanctions--against Washington's closest Middle Eastern ally. They may be unthinkable, but sanctions could do wonders to prompt sensible Israelis into taking some control over their own destiny again. JOHN GROBLER Windhoek, Namibia...
Although Harvard's new fund is designed to prompt donations from women--the traditional constituency of Radcliffe's donor base--Harvard officials said the two new fundraising initiatives are not rivals for the same donor pool...
...made. Moreover, conventional methods of protest and external criticism of Harvard policies both seem to simply stiffen the administration's opposition to bold changes. The Carnegie Report is likely to be taken seriously by the administration and the Committee on Undergraduate Education, but it is not likely to prompt any immediate action. Harvard, for the most part, is hardly itching to innovate...