Word: boomlets
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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BACK IN MARCH, IT WAS EStimated that the O.J. boomlet could add $200 million to the nation's gross domestic product. After seven additional months of merchandising, that figure begins to look a tad low when you account for all the revenue streams: legal fees; at least $60 million in gross revenues from various books; $5 million to $10 million in O.J. phone cards; $5 million in Simpson statuettes; $1.5 million in O.J. trading cards; Al Cowlings' 900 line--the whole affair begins to rank on a par with the annual sales of a mid-size company. A tentative accounting...
...Gazans who depend on jobs in Israel from working more than an average of seven days a month. Unemployment estimates range from 40% to 60%. Shipments to the West Bank of fruits and vegetables, the Strip's only exports, have been curtailed. Investment, aside from a boomlet in construction, is minimal. Shawa says Gaza needs an immediate infusion of $400 million for development, but only $120 million has been pledged by international donors, and a mere $12 million has been delivered. "People's souls are dying slowly," says Asia Abdul-Hadi, a Gaza journalist. "That's worse than being shot...
...school on Dwight Eisenhower. The comparison here is between two politicians, not two generals. All during the late 1940s and early 1950s, the nation wondered whether Ike would seek the White House--as a Democrat or Republican didn't matter. Ike professed no interest but stealthily fed the boomlet, as recounted by his biographer Stephen Ambrose, who also happens to be a key cog in the draft-Powell movement. "To be a successful candidate," Ambrose has written, Ike "had to appear not to be a candidate. His speeches had to be forceful without being controversial, seeking the great middle ground...
Dole's aides admit that June will bring a distracting boomlet in stories and speculation about Newt Gingrich's own plans in 1996. As Ralph Reed, executive director of the Christian Coalition, says, "Newt is not entirely satisfied that the presidential race fully reflects the revitalization [of the party] that he has brought." Gingrich is scheduled to visit 25 cities around the U.S. this summer to promote his new book, To Renew America, whose publisher, HarperCollins, is printing 500,000 copies on the first run. Dole aides say they aren't worried about Gingrich; the House Speaker has assured them...
...there's a danger in the Gingrich boomlet, it's that it will raise the Excitement Question: Can Dole generate the electricity needed to motivate masses of voters who are weary of Bill Clinton but may be reluctant to elect a 73-year-old President? One idea floating around the Dole camp is to place Colin Powell on the ticket. Another is to offer Powell, who may be unwilling to settle for the No. 2 job, both the vice presidency and the post of Secretary of State. But that will do little to fend off other G.O.P. hopefuls. Late last...