Word: ratchet
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...people who will find a creative way of cheating." Crew argues that such incidents do not mean the tests should be abandoned, though others disagree. "The country has gone test crazy," says Robert Schaeffer, a director at FairTest, an organization that monitors standardized testing. "The more you ratchet up the pressure on these Trivial Pursuit types of exams, the more cheating you will...
...parents brought home happy, healthy babies, the debate faded away. Meanwhile, the scientists at St. Gen had their eyes on the future. A mere thousand genetic changes had been identified that were mostly responsible for the difference between the intelligence of chimpanzees and humans. Now if they could just ratchet up those genes...
...saying, "You only think you got away with murder. There is strong evidence to suggest who you are." Owens' meaning was not exactly buried, says TIME Denver correspondent Richard Woodbury. "He all but named the Ramseys as the killers, and you could read this either as an attempt to ratchet up the heat on the family, or as a way to ferret out another, unnamed suspect...
...offensive because Belgrade had grown accustomed to the previous level of bombing," says TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson. "Escalation is designed to increase the level of discomfort in Yugoslavia." With the air campaign as the alliance's only leverage, the prelude to negotiations is likely to see NATO ratchet up rather than ease off on the bombing...
Malcolm took charge in 1964 and found the go-go '60s a perfect platform for stories about swaggering entrepreneurs very much like himself. He put more emphasis on stock-market advice and edgy corporate pieces and used charm, guile and arm twisting to ratchet ad sales. He also promoted the hell out of his magazine, becoming the most influential Harley biker, hot-air balloonist and Faberge-egg collector...