Word: standardly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...standard-bearer of the Social Democratic Party, Schroder's slogan may be the prosaic "New Middle," but he has discarded years of leftist orthodoxy and learned from the mistakes of his predecessors. In 1990 the SPD promised to slow down the privatization of former East German industries to protect the workers; Schroder now preaches the need for the private sector to become more competitive by cutting labor costs. In 1994 the party proposed higher taxes on middle- and upper-income families; Schroder wants to cut the highest income tax rate from 53% to 47% and reduce corporate rates from...
...tried them all and is underwhelmed. While the quality of video e-mail resembles the herky-jerky style of communications with the Mir space station, a bigger problem is download time. Even compressed files tend to impose unbearably long waits for people stuck at the end of standard modems. Hint to video e-mailers: use the low-quality resolution, which creates smaller files. Hint to everyone else: most e-mail programs let you reject messages larger than 40 kilobytes. Do this...
...isolationists like it or not, the Chinese are quickly becoming the future of the world [THE CHINA SUMMIT, June 29]. They are dealing effectively with overpopulation and dwindling natural resources, and at the same time lifting themselves out of Third World status. Their discipline and pragmatism will raise the standard of living for all Chinese; liberty as we know it will come later, and it can wait. Eventually the Chinese will throw off the old trappings of Stalinist and Maoist philosophy and adopt a culture that balances the privileges of liberty with the responsibilities thereof. Surely the next hundred years...
...centuries, civility reigned in Britain with the permanence of the black and gold of the Royal Standard. Maids served their aristocratic lords and ladies hot dishes of traditional lamb and beef peppered with the appropriate number of sirs and madams. Masters, in turn, gave them the courteous nod, the occasional leftover and fair pay. But, underneath the lacy facade, fear and hatred lay brewing, occasionally ruffling the cover with a small gust of wind...
With the goal of cutting the cost of building jetliners 25%, Boeing began by designing its wide-bodied 777 (rolled out in 1996) entirely by computer, eliminating countless drawings and mockups. The company also narrowed parts choices to standard options, much as carmakers offer automatic or manual transmissions, or six-cylinder or eight-cylinder engines. And Boeing has been consulting everyone from marketers to machinists on the making of its planes...