Word: belled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...During a break, the G.O.P.'s Strom Thurmond, 96, drew clementines from his pockets and, with a flirtatious grin, passed them to Cheryl Mills and Nicole Seligman, two of the President's lawyers. Suddenly the chamber resembled nothing so much as a classroom full of kids waiting for the bell to ring. "It's like final exams are just about over," says Gordon Smith, Republican of Oregon. "We're all anxious to head for the exits...
...Professor Kremer fills a gap in devel- opment economics while Professor Rogoff fills agap in international economics, two areas that arevery popular with the undergraduates," saidWilliamson, who is also Bell professor ofeconomics...
Tuesday was not Richard Anderson's first appearance in the financial world: Last April, he rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. The six-year-old's interest in economics was inspired by his father, who would make him watch CNBC as punishment for bad behavior. Anderson testified before a House subcommittee on the Social Security system's effects on children...
...rate, Firmage has embarked on his new career of fringe visionary with typical entrepreneurial zeal. His to-do list includes self-publishing The Truth in book form this summer, giving interviews to everyone from CNN to UFO-friendly radio host Art Bell, talking to Hollywood about various film and TV projects and founding a pair of start-ups to promote his spacy ideas and implement his vision for "sustainable" online commerce...
Computers are getting so cheap, sellers are practically giving them away. Last week online retailer OnSale onsale.com began hawking computers at wholesale prices, featuring a Compaq Presario with a 333-MHz Cyrix chip, for example, for just $560 (monitor sold separately). Earlier this month, Packard Bell NEC unveiled a $500 machine powered by a 300-MHz chip. Once a novelty used by upstart vendors trying to get the edge on market leaders, inexpensive PCs are becoming the norm, with average retail prices hovering around...