Word: standardization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...search for a standard-bearer has lately produced a new faint rumbling on the right: Viva Kirkpatrick! In Managua last week, that cry greeted the only American to have a contra brigade named after her. When Jeane Kirkpatrick arrived to address a reception on the grounds of the U.S. embassy, she was met by a wildly enthusiastic crowd of more than 1,000, many waving small U.S. flags. "It was almost as if she were running for office," said one who attended. "Like the presidency of Nicaragua...
...their cholesterol levels checked, but measurements can be off by as much as 300%, depending on the test, the lab and even what the patient had to eat and drink in the previous twelve hours. The medical-laboratory industry is currently grappling with the problem by employing a "gold standard" developed by the Government in the hope that tests can be made consistent nationwide...
...worship; freedom for all shades of opposition to organize and run for office; liberty for all political prisoners. These demands go well beyond conditions the U.S. has tried to press on any other nation. Republican Senator Bob Packwood of Oregon observed that Reagan's requirement "isn't a standard we apply to Albania or China" -- nations with which the U.S. nevertheless does business. Says Wayne Smith, a former U.S. diplomat and sharp critic of the Administration: "The Sandinistas are Reagan's MobyDick, and he is their Captain Ahab...
...past two years have demonstrated to Japan the perils of heavy dependence on foreign markets. But if the country's manufacturers started producing more goods for domestic consumption and less for export, the imbalances that have wrenched the/ economy could diminish. At the same time, the standard of living for many Japanese could improve considerably -- as would relations with Japan's competitors abroad...
...belong to Johnny Unitas, as anyone might expect, but to a dentist who used to back him up, Gary Cuozzo. Anthony Allen's record 255 yards' worth of Redskins receptions left Charley Taylor's and Bobby Mitchell's historical places undisturbed; Newcomer Gary Clark had set the all-time standard just last year...