Word: enrichment
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...students contend that instead of destroying their graduate school community, these visitors enrich...
Some may argue that X, Y comments actually enrich scholarly discourse and enhance others understanding. It would seem, though, that such comments may actually perpetuate misunderstanding and assumptions that all members of a particular group share an experience or world view. To judge the true academic merit of X, Y statements, we need only look to our professors. An academic who introduced the argument of his book or article with "As an X, I feel Y" would surely be judged a lightweight by his colleagues. Instead, our professors construct their arguments using careful interpretation and close analysis of evidence...
...Covington bears an almost feudal loyalty to the brilliant master he calls "the gent." But while Darwin may have the upper hand socially and intellectually, Covington is the superior psychologist, gifted with a rustic common sense that allows him to hold his own with the great man and slyly enrich himself under Darwin's nose by selling rare animals to London collectors. Like the fantastic tortoises they encounter in the Galapagos, servant and master are perfectly adapted to their respective niches in the world, "proof that God's hand sizzled here with one thing, there with another, and the chambers...
Defenders of the current system argue, with some merit, that permitting people to sue insurers would lead to a flood of litigation, enrich lawyers, raise the cost of coverage and leave complex and emotional medical decisions to a patchwork of courts and juries. Expanding a patient's right to sue "would probably be the most inflationary change in the history of health care," says David Simon, Aetna's chief legal officer. "You'd be telling people, 'Go sue like crazy. Make $89 million verdicts routine...
...from Microsoft, work hard, get rich; no miracle required. Key Microsoft employees pushed Gates in this direction, but he was willing to go, and the industry followed. The Gates Road to Wealth is still a one-laner, and traffic is limited. But the idea that a successful corporation should enrich not merely its executives and big stockholders but also a fair number of ordinary line employees is (although not unique to Microsoft) potentially revolutionary. Wealth is good. Gates has created lots and has been willing to share...