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...that anyone foresees an actual recession--at least not before the year 2000 (known as Y2K to computer programmers, who are racing to make their electronic brains distinguish that year from 1900). In the majority opinion of TIME's board, which convened recently in Manhattan, the U.S. economy should continue growing over the next year and a half at somewhere between 2% and 3% annually. That is below the sizzling 3.7% of 1997 and the phenomenal 4.8% of this year's first quarter, but near--maybe a bit above--what used to be considered sustainable for the long haul...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Quarterly Business Report: As Good as It Gets | 6/22/1998 | See Source »

...convinced that you distinguish yourself more and do better for yourself more and do better for yourself by doing your job well and working well with others rather than pushing others aside," Rubin said. "People matter even more than you think...

Author: By Jenny E. Heller, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: CLASS DAY 1998 | 6/4/1998 | See Source »

...also helped TNR distinguish itself from fledgling journals...

Author: By Richard S. Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A NEW REPUB-LOOK | 6/2/1998 | See Source »

Within a few weeks of the evening I accompanied my father to Rupert Stadium and saw Carl DeRose make history, nobody believed me. My attendance would often come up naturally in conversation. Charlie Adams might be talking about how you could distinguish a Buick Roadmaster from a Buick Super because the Roadmaster had four ornamental holes on the side of its hood instead of three, and I'd say, "Speaking of which, it was like those batters had holes in their bats when Carl DeRose was mowing them down. I happened to be there." Then somebody, maybe the deeply cynical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: It's No Fun Being A Witness To History | 6/1/1998 | See Source »

...part of their work uniform. After the December opening--coincidentally, after Meier left--umbrellas were set up to provide some relief on the virtually shadeless plaza. But the glare isn't all. During the winter, visitors were slipping into the lovely rain-swollen pools because they couldn't distinguish where the travertine ground ended and the water began. And while the violations have been corrected, the health department initially graded two of the Getty restaurants a mere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Monuments: The Getty, Seen in the Harsh Light of Day | 5/18/1998 | See Source »

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