Word: result
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...response to the campus disturbances of the late 1960s, Ivy educators say search committees began to place a premium on crisis management. The result was that law school deans and those with strong administrative backgrounds and keen negotiating skills fast became the presidential ideal...
...Because he wanted to turn his attention to domestic tasks? In fact, he withdrew because he met resistance that he could not overcome. The U.S. responded to the SS-20s by deploying a powerful INF force of its own, despite the best Soviet efforts to stop it. As a result, the SS-20 adventure turned into a net loss for the Soviets (because the American missiles are more threatening: they can reach Soviet territory, whereas the SS-20s cannot reach American territory). Having met resistance and lost the game, Gorbachev wisely decided to cut his losses and withdraw...
...that it proved disastrous after the policy was introduced in 1971. Not only was Britain widely denounced for violating human rights, but the internment policy triggered a bloody I.R.A. bombing campaign. Predicts former Northern Ireland Secretary Lord Whitelaw, who abandoned the practice in 1975: "Such a move would inevitably result in violence on a truly major scale...
Most of the outbursts involve lower-level violence: pushing, shoving or slapping. But a small percentage of these couples engage in clashes that result in broken bones or hospitalization. "I thought there was no way out but death," says Laurie, 31, a student in Eugene, Ore., who used to hide in the closet to escape being battered by her live-in boyfriend. Elaine, a 36- year-old hairdresser in Fort Worth, tried to split up with her boyfriend, only to have him break into her house and brutally beat...
...private seal of purity may become a standard feature in supermarkets because the FDA is considering a policy that would require growers and retailers to take over much of the responsibility for testing their produce. Some grocers believe that higher food prices would result. But many experts contend that more widespread testing would encourage growers to use fewer pesticides -- even if it means that their produce will be slightly less perfect-looking...