Word: depress
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...biggest worries in a sustained market downturn is that it might depress consumer confidence and spending. Contrary to popular belief, though, big stock market drops alone rarely herald recessions. According to a study by Peter Temin, an economics professor at M.I.T., falling stock prices directly caused only one minor economic downturn in this century...
...these political battles is a basic question: is ketamine really dangerous? Maybe not. The British government decided not to closely restrict ketamine because it could not prove that K's effects were severe. Most drug-overdose deaths result from circulatory or respiratory failure, and ketamine doesn't usually depress these functions. Dr. Alex Stalcup, medical director of a California drug-treatment center, says the effects of K are "basically like being really, really drunk. It's really not a demon, not compared with the other stuff we're seeing with kids now," including smokable versions of heroin and speed...
...built--brownstones or frame jobs with little gardens out front or back--so that you can always see a mass of sky and preserve a sense of scale. If you live in the country, go to the sea rather than the mountains, which, while monumentally beautiful, will depress you over time. If you live near your parents, excellent...
However, more offerings do not necessarily mean a higher ranking will follow. More choice may mean smaller courses, but as long as they are larger than 50 students, they will further depress Harvard's rating...
...unpopular ballot proposition can be helped by a popular candidate, but an unpopular candidate cannot ride a popular proposition. Last week, on his swing through California, Dole embraced as his own the popular Proposition 209, which would roll back affirmative action. The result was to depress 209 briefly and leave Dole lagging in the polls...