Word: slow
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...backstroke, however, a slow startprevented Berkoff from catching Rouse in the finalyards, forcing him to settle for second in a timeof 1:45.88. Nonethless, the swim was a big jumpfor Berkoff, whose best previous finish in theevent was seventh...
...stepped Krayer from the right side of the net. A backhand shot. A slow roller across the crease and into the net. Golden Gophers staring dejectedly at the red light. A group of Crimson players hugging Krayer...
...PAUL, Minn.--Jon Anderson was supposed to be slow...
...care-products distributor: "I can't imagine a company keeping someone down who wanted to move up, just because she had a family. That's the Stone Age." Another California giant, the Chevron oil company, offers flexible work schedules for working mothers but does not shift them to a slow career lane. Says Dave Hufford, manager of employment policies for the firm: "We all have to balance our personal lives with our career demands, but to try to put that on a track system wouldn't be easy or realistic...
What particularly grates about the Mommy Track is that it hews to the old- fashioned notion of singling out women rather than men for complete parental sacrifice. Another problem is that the system could put a woman on a slow track for a whole career, even though the critical child-rearing years constitute only one brief phase of her life. Says Jayne Day, mother of a six- year-old daughter and a partner in the Manhattan office of the accounting firm Peat Marwick: "How, at age 25, is anyone going to make a personal decision about what track...