Word: yield
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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SAKHAROV WAS REMARKABLE, although not unique, in being able to formulate a coherent worldview that differed sharply from communism after being immersed in the Soviet system all his life. He came to believe that a pluralistic society based on human rights was the only system which would yield the ends he desired, and that Soviet communist society could not. "Communist ideology is not a complete fraud," he writes. "It arose from a striving for truth and justice, like other religious, ethical and philosophical systems. But the totalitarian structure of the government, he adds, has led the nation to "the deepest...
Fortunately, there are indications that Harvard's opposition to the restriction may produce an exemption of some sort. At the least it may yield a lenient interpretation allowing the Ivies to continue their current procedures without completely mitigating an otherwise well-intentioned attempt to rein in unscrupulous alums of more high-powered athletic schools...
...account to choose and where to open it. The returns offered may change from week to week as interest rates throughout the economy fluctuate, and few institutions have given any clues in their advertising about how they will determine what to pay. In general, Super NOWs are expected to yield at least 1% less on average than money-market accounts. One reason: federal regulations require that banks put aside 12% of their checking-account funds, including Super NOW money, as reserves that cannot be used to make loans. As a result, banks and S and Ls will earn less...
...real question, a hard and unsettling one, is whether the U.S. will yield to political temptation and become much more deeply protectionist than it is now. If it does, the results, for both the U.S. and the world economy, could be devastating. The principles of free trade remain essentially valid; the logic of protectionism remains beguiling and essentially self-destructive. Consider one example of how protections can subvert the economy. The American machine-tool industry recently joined the lineup of those seeking protection from foreign competition. The industry has been seriously hurt by the recession and by imports of cheaper...
There was no debate over which Harvard individuals would win; the only question was who would yield the fewest points on the way to victory...