Word: asianized
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...gambit carries greater risk: "Delaying IMF funding may be dangerous, because the effects of the Asian crisis are now being felt in the U.S. economy," says Carney. "The Asian crisis and pressure from business will push Republicans to support IMF funding, but they figure that holding off for a couple of months boosts their leverage won't hurt the IMF." And Clinton hasn't even seen the knuckleball...
Movie pirates have found a new format in which to load their ill-gotten wares: the video-compact disc, also known as VCD. Popular with Asian counterfeiters for a year or so, the VCD, which resembles the digital videodisc but offers lower-quality images, has begun hitting the U.S., with boots of "Deep Impact" and "Armageddon" now available on the black market in Los Angeles. The discs, which can be played on a DVD machine, are going for as much as $200 each...
...Sounds great -? but can we believe it? In contrast with pronouncements from Washington, the answer is probably. "Intel?s a bellwether for the PC industry, as well as being on the front lines of the Asian crisis, so everyone listens very carefully," says Schwartz. "If there were bad news coming, they would be preparing investors for it. Otherwise, next time around, they?d get hammered." How often fear and honesty go hand in hand...
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