Word: cliff
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...things seem to be happening way too fast in the world economy. Countries no longer slide into recession; they plunge headfirst over the cliff, faster than a fund manager can hit the redial button on his phone. Now that Russia's finances have imploded, the worriers are turning their attention to the other onetime communist colossus grappling with economic reform: China. Since the once vaunted "Asian miracle" has taken on the aura of a curse, a lot of investors and governments are asking if the People's Republic of China will be the next to fall...
...With reporting by Jay Branegan with Clinton and Cliff Stammerman/Armagh
Across the globe, a Canadian oil company makes plans to drill on a South American Indian tribe's ancient burial ground, changing its plans only when thousands of U'wa Indians threaten to throw themselves off a cliff in a mass suicide...
Harvard also placed sixth out of 42 at the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational (CKLVI) in December and ranked fourth at the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) Championships, a terrific jump from its eighth-place finish the previous year...
...says MSFDC will help banks navigate the coming online-commerce maelstrom by building closer customer ties. He's right: a product like MSFDC--with, say, Money and Investor along for the ride--will surely help your banker retain your allegiance. "The financial industry is based on transaction processing," says Cliff Condon, a senior analyst with Forrester Research, which estimates Microsoft's financial-services sales at $1 billion a year. "MSFDC puts Microsoft squarely between banks and their customers...