Word: spreading
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...diplomatic discussions in Bogor are not the only framework for the debate on trade and human rights. It has spread into the boardrooms of major U.S. corporations, onto factory floors in Asian countries and back to the counters at American shopping malls. International human-rights organizations are pressing multinational corporations to speak up for their workers abroad, and executives are considering codes of good labor conduct. Many Americans, now accustomed to boycotting lettuce, grapes and tuna fish for humanitarian and ecological reasons, are shifting their scrutiny to the conditions under which their running shoes and their kids' toys are produced...
...student protest movement. CMU casts a long shadow in cyberspace. It was one of the first ^ universities to join the Arpanet (the precursor to the Internet) and the first to wire up its dorms. It even provides Internet access to some of its bathrooms. Using the computer networks to spread the word and muster support, the students quickly organized a "Protest for Freedom in Cyberspace" that drew 350 students and faculty members. (Pittsburgh in the 1990s, though, is hardly Berkeley in the '60s: the protesters last week politely applauded their opponents and then retired to a reception with cheese...
...Channing originate the title role whole-heartedly believe that she has only gained in "youthful energy," vocal range and understanding of her character. After 30 years, Dolly will strut her stuff once again on the Great White Way. After the tour of the United States, the cast plans to spread Dolly's message internationally...
...important issues to examine, first and foremost being what is the cost to society? There is the health issue to consider. When illegal immigrant children are denied basic immunizations, what happens when those children contract TB and play at the local park with other children? The potential for the spread of disease and illness to the general population is immense. Moreover, illegal immigrants will be provided high cost emergency medical care that could have been avoided had they obtained the basic medical care Proposition 187 denies. Not only does this raise issue of financial savings, but it also will raises...
...Society meeting in San Antonio, Texas, that he and his colleagues have devised an alternate approach that is much cheaper, simpler and easier on the mother. It removes the need for fertility drugs and daily monitoring. "There is nothing terribly complicated about ((the procedure))," Trounson claims, "so it will spread like a brush fire because the patients want...