Word: standardize
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...increasingly fast-paced, prepackaged, disposable society, citizens of out fragile earth need to take a close look at the environmental costs of the standard of living to which we have become accustomed...
...Standard, a respected Austrian daily, said yesterday the East German leadership would like to hire 80,000 Chinese to fill positions left vacant by the departure of young skilled workers. It quoted a "leading member" of the government's Free German Trade Union, who was not identified further...
...their search and accommodating in their negotiations. As middlemen, the old-fashioned agencies must now compete with newfangled lawyers and adoption consultants. Sometimes, as with Nicole, the groundwork is laid by an organization with a radical new approach known as "cooperative adoption." Most of the participants have a standard, emphatic defense for the various practices they promote: we are doing what is best for the child. With all that proclaimed selflessness, how can there still be so many problems...
...that many of the songs sound alike, and virtually all have similar lyrics. Typical is "No Souvenirs," the first cut of the album that allows Etheridge's voice to range from melodic ballad to a bluesy rap: like most of the rest of the album, however, it follows a standard pattern of alternating a slow, mournful verse with a fast, angry refrain...
...appeared misplaced. But at the same time his virtuoso display of political control highlighted a central question: If he can hire and fire the country's most powerful men, why hasn't perestroika -- his plan to restructure the economy -- paid off in the currency the country demands, a better standard of living for Soviet citizens...