Word: boom
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...There is very little difference between purchasing contracting services in this way and purchasing hot boom boxes out of the back of a pick up truck," Erlich said...
...must be channeled through third-party locations like Hong Kong, is expected to total $20 billion for 1995. In the past year Taiwan's exports to China increased 25%, while the volume of goods flowing from China to Taiwan shot up 85%. Says Beijing trade official Guo Dongpo: "The boom in our bilateral trade is an irresistible trend...
...system will "get the consumer excited about photography again," predicts analyst Eugene G. Glazer. That's the hope in a photo business that has faded since the boom in autofocus 35-mm cameras peaked in 1992. And if it flops? Look for the remnants at 21st century flea markets, near the eight-track cassette players...
...country's leading experts in ragtime and novelty piano, explains that "unlike the ragtime musicians, who were young, itinerant blacks, the novelty folks were primarily classically trained. These influences showed up in the more advanced harmonies in their music. It still sounds like ragtime, and the left hand is boom, chunk, boom, chunk, but they leave no syncopated stone unturned...
...While current budget proposals by both President Clinton and Congressional Republicans could bolster Medicare finances through 2011, McAllister says, "The real problem is that right after that, the Boomers hit." Without significant changes, the Medicare system is not prepared for the strain of providing benefits to the huge Baby Boom generation. For one thing, the payroll taxes of the too-small generation of workers behind it are not expected to be adequate. Neither political party, McAllister notes, is yet willing to play with that political dynamite...