Word: breaking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Many analysts expect the Nikkei index to break the 30,000-yen barrier sometime this year. Says Hideo Nakazawa, general manager of Nomura's equity department: "We may hit some bumps, but the direction is up." Yet even Tokyo is unlikely to disprove the adage so often cited by bears in markets the world over: "No tree grows...
...Oprah still has plenty of stuff, but she is already resorting to her favorite weapon. "Now's the time!" she cries to the studio audience during the first commercial break. "It's ten after nine, your VCRs are rollin', you're gonna get home later and say, 'Why didn't I say anything?' If you're thinking it and you're feeling it, you should...
Here was a good team playing great baseball. In fact, the Sox have lost only one game since the All-Star break and have won 20 straight games at Fenway...
...what looks like an artist's palette knife, he shapes petals from modeling chocolate. His large fingers gently wrap the leaves around the cone and suddenly a perfect rendition of a rosebud glistens in chocolate. As the students move to their own tables to practice, Kumin takes a short break for a cigarette in his tiny office. "Teaching is wonderful," he says, "but soon I need a rest. Not to retire, but to experiment. I can't get new ideas out of my armpits...
...securities case. Such depositions, usually read in a deadly drone by court reporters or law-firm secretaries, often contain important evidence but can put juries to sleep. One of the attorneys objected that an actor was hamming it up, but Judge Grady pronounced himself delighted by the lively break from what is typically the "dullest part of a trial...