Word: smarting
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Though most firms have been slow to respond to these developments, smart managers searching for talent are already courting the women, African Americans, Hispanics, Asians and others whom corporate executives have traditionally discounted or dismissed. They are re-examining from top to bottom their personnel policies: the ways they find and recruit new talent, the incentives and benefits they offer, how they organize work. They are learning that the new work force has different needs and are exploring ways to meet them...
There is, however, one big exception to the camaraderie in women's prisons: older inmates cannot abide the "crack kids," brassy, street-smart young women in their late teens and early 20s. Dolores Barnes, 52, a three-time inmate in New Jersey's Clinton prison, launches into a classic what's-the-matter-with-kids-today tirade: "They can't cook, clean, wash clothes or take care of themselves. They have no respect for their elders and no obligation to their kids." These "animalescents," as other prisoners sometimes call them, often squabble among themselves. "There are a lot of fights...
...music hasn't exactly been kind to women, portraying them mostly as malleable sex objects or manipulative money grubbers. But that hasn't stopped Queen Latifah, 20, from finding her voice amid a crowded field of sexist, street-smart men. The Newark-born singer-songwriter has been called the Aretha Franklin of rap for her creative fusing of reggae, soul and jazz. A professional rapper for five years, she sees herself as a role model for young people, and she's as committed to raising consciousness as she is to having fun. "I try to slip in a few lines...
There is still the possibility that Saddam will get smart, leave Kuwait and go about increasing his powers of intimidation by completing his nuclear weapons program. If he doesn't see a need to withdraw to the status quo ante -- and there is no sign yet that he "gets it," to borrow the phrase in vogue in the White House -- it appears that much of the world is headed toward war against the man George Bush once again last week called "Hitler revisited...
...funniest prank. The hecklers jeer at love scenes, hoot at tacky special effects and pounce on every dumb line. Creator Joel Hodgson and his colleagues throw in savvy technical references ("I think we just flew through a dissolve," someone cracks during an airplane flight) along with a torrent of smart-mouthed ad libs. "How do we stand on fuel?" asks an onscreen astronaut. "I'm for it," comes the offscreen retort. In the tense few seconds before lift-off, a voice pipes up, "Did I leave the water running?" A scientist leans into a pair of earphones, trying to pick...