Word: dowe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...consecutive-game streak quietly, sitting out a game unannounced at the end of the season, when SportsCenter was tuned to McGwire, Sosa and the Yanks. Ripken was healthy, but knew it was time to give someone else a chance to play. Before he started The Streak, the Dow Jones was 819.54. Worry...
...provide some comparison, the S&P 500 Index, a commonly used benchmark of stock performance, has increased by 18 percent since the beginning of the year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has increased by 10 percent...
...last week's report certainly isn't good news for women who are suing implant makers, especially since the experts' videotaped testimony will now be played before judges and juries hearing their cases. Suddenly, the offer made last month by bankrupt implant maker Dow Corning to pay settlements of $12,000 to $300,000 in exchange for dropping the lawsuits may look a lot more appealing...
Will today's giddy economic boom give way to a brutal postholiday hangover? Last week the Dow Jones stock average slipped on confusing news of megamergers by some companies and thousands of layoffs at others. It then recovered slightly after the Department of Labor announced that the November unemployment rate dipped...
SARAN WRAP In 2000 Year Old Man, Mel Brooks tells Carl Reiner that "the greatest thing mankind ever devised, I think, in my humble opinion, is Saran Wrap." Why? Because "you can put a sandwich in it! You can look through it!...It's so good and cute." Dow Chemical introduced its revolutionary packaging material, which is durable, airtight, transparent and flexible...