Word: boom
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Hugo Salemme, a trustee of the East Cambridge Stabilization Committee, attributes this growth to a boom in "high tech" industries in East Cambridge...
...major auto-buying spree. Thailand's market may be only a fraction of the size of the U.S.'s, but it offers a taste of things to come in some Southeast and West Asian countries -- and someday China and India. Yasuhara Kondo's showroom may not enjoy another boom, but Toyota and its large rivals are looking to wider horizons...
...right, there were a few certifiable trendlets in '92 -- inflatable bikinis, Virgin Mary sightings, potato-spelling jokes -- but most were too sickly and feeble to grow. Divorcing one's parents looked big for a week or so, sparking hopes of a real estate boom as 10-year-olds sought their own condos. Menopause mania proved to be a flash, so to speak, in the pan, and "smart drugs" couldn't compete with the far more numerous dumb ones...
...arrival of each ghost is accompanied by a flurry of activity and noise, sometimes culminating in a boom! that sends the audience jumping from its seats. At these moments, the well-timed lighting and flowery costumes seem especially effective...
...going to hear everything we could ever want to know about the state of Arkansas and the Baby Boom generation. Perhaps Elvis is even lurking out there somewhere...