Word: beginnings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...line voting will begin immediately after the close of election this afternoon. Students can type "ucvote" at the prompt to vote yes or no on the two referenda...
...slew of answering-machine messages. If you're the stage manager of a play, a reporter for the paper or if you were supposed to build a homeless shelter or organize the International Stomach Acid Convention that day, won't a few directors, editors and bile enthusiasts begin to wonder where you went...
...because the economy is still strong," Baumohl reports. "Japan and Europe are in an economic slump and are not purchasing a lot of exports." Baumohl says the trend is close to shifting. "The trade deficit is expected to turn around next year when Japan's and Europe's economies begin to rebound," Baumohl says. "Hopefully we're at the worst point in the cycle right now." American trade deficits have risen every year under President Clinton despite his Administration?s efforts to make trade imbalance a key foreign policy priority. Two other factors contributing to the trade deficit...
...atonement on the subject of marijuana. Now the chastened air gives way to argument. The house divides along generational lines. The oldest of the sinners (mostly age 50 or older) nod agreement with the official message: Yes, indeed--devil weed. The baby boomers, however, with their rich pharmaceutical histories, begin to snigger and squirm. "Give me a break!" rings out in the hall. The youngest members of the congregation (some in their teens) sit in bewilderment, trying to decide whether to support the geezers or the boomers...
...resulting economies of scale and cut the cost of funerals but rather to boost prices still higher. The death-care companies seek to ready themselves for what stock-market analyst Steve Saltzman of the Chicago Corp. calls the "golden era" of death, the fast-approaching epoch when baby boomers begin dropping like flies. The Loewen Group is the second largest of the "consolidators," and over the past few years, the company has gained a reputation as one of the most aggressive. It bought its first U.S. funeral home in 1987 but as of mid-September owned 814 homes...