Word: balloon
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...went over like a lead balloon," Skocpolsaid...
...same time," he says, "whenever somelarge balloon seems to be floating down the streetwith word 'pomposity' on it, we have a certainobligation to do something about that balloon...
What inspires such worst-case speculation is the unprecedented size of the derivatives balloon. Its growth has prompted some Wall Street sages to warn that many of the newfangled instruments could be spinning far beyond anyone's control. The Jeremiahs include investment banker Felix Rohatyn, 65, one of Wall Street's elder statesmen, whose son Nicolas, 33, runs a J.P. Morgan department that uses derivatives to transact business in emerging markets in Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America. "There's a whole different world in off-balance-sheet transactions that are potentially quite dangerous if people don't know what...
Weekend crowds pack the sidewalks, stopping occasionally to listen to a steel drum band on the corner, or to watch the flurrying hands of a balloon-animal artist practicing his art in front of the local candy store...
...weekend nights, Southern Californians young and old stroll Old Town's streets, stopping occasionally to listen to the steel drum band or watch a man twist balloon animals on the corner...