Word: tiered
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tier up are modems with speed rated 9600 baud, which, despite of a price tag of more than $100, are winning over many a computer user. Most of these modems are actually able to work faster than the rated spped of 9600 baud; equipped with the so- called V.42bis data- compression standard, they can compress and decompress data at a ratio of 4:1, which means up to 38,400 bits of data, or orughly three double- spaced pages of text, can be sent or received per second...
...have developed a two-tier work force. The contingent workers get a different package of pay and benefits or no benefits...
...that is definitely the trend. The first step, in the mid-'80s, was to reduce some of the benefits packages for the lower-tier workers, and that continues. The next step was to fire middle-level management. The third step was to reduce benefits packages across the board for all employees. And now we're at the fourth step, which is to do much more business by contract, whether it is with contingent workers and part-time workers or by contracting...
...pyramid are 324 millionaire professionals, whose big, fast, durable bodies do wonders. "Best athletes in the world," harrumphs Boston's legendary coach Red Auerbach. On the second tier, March Madness is the distillation of nearly 30,000 college men and women. And below them lie the foundation of the culture, nearly a million high school players of both sexes (from 16,500 schools) who even now are contesting one another for state titles. And still there are more players in church leagues, the Ys and public playgrounds...
...There is a two-tier system," Baer said. "There is the traditional news reporting. But now there is a sassy kind of reporting, bordering on commentary...