Word: reap
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Parents reap as much pleasure from the arrangement as students, says Joan Blackett, a counselor at the Bureau of Study Counsel and a host parent. "The project is a two way street...
Still, gene splicing shows promise of living up to most of the extravagant claims made by its supporters, who expect it to reap sales of $25 billion by the year 2000. One of the most encouraging signs is the quick action by the FDA, which licensed Humulin after just five months of testing, one of the quickest approvals in the agency's history. Genentech President Robert Swanson said last week that his company expects to market a number of other new products in the next few years, including an agent that dissolves blood clots and could be useful...
Tamper-resistant containers were hardly a burning issue for American industry before cyanide-spiked Tylenol capsules exposed the horrifying vulnerability of countless consumer products. Since then, however, packaging specialists have been swamped by a tidal wave of demand, and nearly 200 firms stand to reap heady gains from the crisis...
...factor behind Harvard's ability to reap full benefits from the markets' rally was the Universtity's financial strategy prior in the summer take-off. Virtuality all of Harvard's assets were lovested in either stocks or onds, Cabot said. He noted that many other institutional investers were holding significant proporions of cash, which has during the past several) months suffered a shapt drop in returns rates...
...Israel was tired of it before it even began. After 34 years of fighting, through four major wars, the nation has reached a saturation point. Its economy is over-wrought (inflation is 130 percent), its founding idealism has diminished, and it feels the time has come to peacefully reap the fruits of nationhood...