Word: basic
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...President Bush toned down his rhetoric and turned his attention to diplomacy, but said bluntly that he had no immediate hope for "fruitful negotiations." Despite a gut sense that both sides might be looking for a peaceful exit from the crisis, neither seemed prepared to give way on its basic -- and irreconcilable -- demands. "It's a cat-and-mouse game," said British Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd in a remark about Saddam's treatment of the hostages. "Now a little mercy, now some more ruthlessness...
...their planes landed. Now they are finding it hard to adjust to the waiting game as U.S. troops stream into the country and Iraq's army settles into defensive positions in Kuwait. "A lot of my men feel like we're wasting time," says the sergeant. "That's the basic consensus: Let's get the show on the road or get out of here. You know, we thought the 82nd Airborne was coming over to save Kuwait. And here we are, just sitting...
...increasing number of couples are simply choosing not to transfer. Confronted with the mounting resistance, companies are beginning to respond. Fully 75% of the 1,000 companies that belong to the Washington-based Employee Relocation Council offer services designed to make relocation more attractive to spouses, from writing basic resumes to pooling job listings with other companies to expedite a spouse's employment search...
...they could be arrested on the spot. Perhaps the fact that they meet in foreign countries makes them immune from our law, but it should not make them immune from our contempt. And American soldiers should not die in the desert defending the oil kingdoms' right to flout the basic rules of free enterprise, to our enormous detriment...
...hour week, gets 11 official holidays and 12 days -- slightly more than two weeks -- of paid vacation. That's typically after five years on the job. Among major industrial countries, only the U.S. doles out vacation time primarily as a reward for seniority rather than as a basic job benefit...