Word: borrower
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...After Cuthbert's success sailing the Precious Dragon to Britain, he received a phone call from a fellow Englishman, a maritime adventurer named Rex Warner, who wanted to borrow the ship to recreate one of Zheng He's trips. Cuthbert happily agreed. The Precious Dragon was loaded onto a freighter, shipped back to Hong Kong and prepared for its new journey. Warner was anxious to set off in the autumn, catching the strong west winds, as Zheng He had done...
...frenzy, hype that the Internet was the greatest thing since the electric light, and a stock market that rewarded companies that predicted outrageous demand for their products. The overhang of those purchases may depress business investment for another year, however cheap the Fed makes it to borrow...
...cost of this tax cut will come home to roost in the out-years. Government will have to borrow to spend or add new taxes to get out of the mess brought about by brainless political inertia. RAND KNOX San Rafael, Calif...
...message of party victory this December but, more important, selling the plucky little A student from Hsi-chuang. Only now he wants to be the popular kid instead of the smart kid, the one you want to hang out with rather than the one whose homework you want to borrow...
...still in the pipeline - make their way into the economy. With the Fed acting aggressively and the stock market having stabilized to some degree, there's a good chance that consumers will keep spending. Americans are notoriously slow to adjust their lifestyles when the economy slows - they'd rather borrow more to keep living the good life they've been living. So we could see the small falloff in spending reverse itself without too much prodding...