Word: tooled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...late Malcolm Forbes himself long owned a Boeing 727 (which he dubbed the Capitalist Tool). Omaha billionaire Warren Buffett is famous for not buying a plane until, in 1986, he finally gave in to expediency and bought an 18-year- old Falcon 20 (which he dubbed the Indefensible). My well-shaved houseguest, meanwhile, awaits delivery of a new $25 million Gulfstream IV. It's just nice to be able to pick up and go when you want...
Fishkin begins with a telling critique of political polling, the main tool that the candidates and their handlers use to divine the will of the voters. As he argues in his forthcoming book, Democracy and Deliberation (Yale University Press; $17.95), "On many issues, about four out of five citizens do not have stable . . . opinions; they have what the political psychologists call 'non-attitudes' or 'pseudo-opinions.' " Fishkin's point is that traditional sampling does not allow those polled to discuss the issues, nor do the polltakers provide more than cursory information. The result, all too often, is a statistically impeccable...
Given the risks involved, national testing makes sense only if it is a solid learning tool supported by a national consensus. The need for improved achievement by U.S. students is undeniable; so is the need to avoid yet another expensive educational boondoggle. The Administration's proposals, prudently applied, seem well worth pursuing -- so long as they, too, are tested at every stage...
Some of the east's economic managers have found new careers with western firms eager to exploit their expertise. One of the most politically influential factory chiefs, Heinz Warzecha of the machine-tool manufacturing company Kombinat "October 7," is a managerial consultant for the Munich- based Trebag...
...Desert Storm began, became casualties of the war. Tom Hacker, of Sterling, Ill., marched off to the gulf with his National Guard unit in January. He came home to a hero's welcome in May and a pink slip from the hardware factory where he had worked as a tool-and-dye man. "I felt terrible about it, but the state of orders and the circumstances of business made it necessary," says Stan Whiteman, the personnel manager at the factory. Said Hacker: 'It was like a kick in the teeth...