Word: runge
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...groups that have been helped most in recent decades are senior citizens and rich people. At one time, the elderly sat alongside small farmers on the poverty rung of the economic ladder, but they've been pushed up by rising Social Security benefits. President Nixon deserves much of the credit for this. Before he came along, Social Security payments were raised only when Congress decided--usually around election time--to give retired voters a bonus. Since Nixon put in the automatic cost-of-living increase, the surest way to improve your lot in life...
...While concussions may be no more common than in the past, there is now a heightened awareness among team doctors, coaches and players (and their agents) that the injuries are often more serious than they seem. Says San Francisco 49ers quarterback Steve Young, who has had his bell rung several times: "People are realizing that nowadays, with players' size and velocity, the physics of some of the hits are taking a toll on people's heads." Medical experts warn that scientific knowledge of the long-term effects of even minor blows to the brain is sparse. Increasingly concerned, N.F.L. commissioner...
...Dartmouth is another rung in the ladder toward the Eastern Championships", Naber said...
Advocates for the Single-Faculty-Dean model point that the Two-Dean model forces an artificial separation of student life issues and academic issues. What this position fails to point out is that this separation occurs in the Single- Faculty-Dean model, but at a lower rung of the bureaucratic ladder. In any event, this separation could potentially enhance the effectiveness of the Dean because he or she would be able to concentrate on issues pertinent to undergraduate life and educational development. The Dean for Undergraduate Education would be able to concentrate on academic issues such as the Core, curricular...
...competition has grown so fierce for two reasons: the pool of potential new customers is shrinking at the same time America's plastic habit is growing. Since 1984, outstanding charges rung up on bank cards have swollen from $53 billion to $239 billion. "At some banks, 50% to 60% of their equity is based on the credit-card business," says industry watchdog McKinley. Analysts say that although no more than 20% of all purchases are currently made with plastic, the possibilities for growth are enormous. Some card vendors have already moved into such traditional cash domains as movie theaters...