Word: boom
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...steady boom in manufacturing leads to, and in fact requires, an equally steady decline in blue-collar jobs...
...Building Boom...
Golden said she would seek ways to share the state's present economic boom "across the community, including people who are traditionally left behind...
...membership boom also has roots in the hardening realities of today's economy. Acceptance in a fraternity or sorority often entitles a student to convenient, low-cost housing (at the University of California, Berkeley, for example, an average of $317 a month for room and board, compared with $455 for a dormitory room). In addition, many of the societies now provide extensive job counseling, instruction in resume writing and interview techniques. Then, too, says University of Washington Junior Michelle Lessard, "you can make a lot of connections, and you need them in today's job market...
Patricia King, director of the library, attributed the rapid growth in visits to the explosion of research and teaching in women's history. She said this boom stems from sparked interest in social history and the research agenda of the modern women's movement...