Word: 90s
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...Until the mid-'90s, that is, when productivity growth rebounded, from about 1.5% a year to more than 2.5%. The engine apparently was the rise of the computer and the Internet. And the boom continued even after the technology bust of 2001. In 2006-07, productivity growth slumped to pre-1995 levels, before rebounding somewhat in the first half of this year. But year-to-year numbers can be confusingly noisy; it's the trend that matters. Gordon, who doesn't buy that computers and the Internet are nearly as economically significant as cars, electricity and their ilk, thinks...
Ultimately, the enigmatic draw of a cappella comes less from a love for early-90s Don Henley covers, but rather from the camaraderie of each group that can’t help but manifest itself onstage. And it is this transparent enjoyment of the members that sustains Harvard’s a cappella community and ensures renewed investment with each incoming class. People may like the songs, but they cherish the experience...
...player walking the streets, nor was it the first, but no one has been able to match its ubiquity.But as Apple’s control of the music player industry got more and more totalitarian, our musical taste got more and more democratic. Nirvana took indie mainstream in the 90s, and once the Internet made it cheap for smaller labels and amateur acts to get their music to consumers, it was a sonic free-for-all. MP3 players, MySpace, and Facebook all made it easier to display your taste, as well, and suddenly the hipster was a public figure. Question...
...Released in 1990 when the ban on the ANC was lifted • Served as the ANC's regional secretary in the Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging region in the early 90s, when the violence there was exceptionally...
...world prices for oil and minerals have soared in recent years, rebel groups in Chad, Sudan, Congo and elsewhere are trading valuable oil and mineral deposits in their regions for arms. Rather than seek the backing of friendly foreign officials - as Dos Santos allegedly did in the mid-'90s - combatants can now bulk up on their own dime. "Each group raises its own funds and then negotiates to buy weapons," says Will Hartley of Jane's Terrorism and Insurgency Center in London. "Gone are the days when governments will send weapons and cash into African states...