Word: downturned
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...entering a recession too, which produces a different culture from the optimistic boom times that gave us snarky dotcom ads, boy bands and upscale sitcoms. The last recession saw the rise of downscale TV families on Roseanne and The Simpsons and downscale grunge rock. Might a downturn--and the sight of heroic fire fighters giving their lives in Manhattan--mean a return of the working-class hero...
With the recent economic downturn, however, funding for Clean Elections looks unlikely, according to political commentators...
...stretch as a Goldman Sachs bigwig - wouldn?t be missed. The occasional gaffes - appearing to talk down the dollar, making fun of day traders, throwing head-fakes over Argentina, and spending the first weeks in office improving worker safety at Treasury even as the first signs of a serious downturn became apparent - drew plenty of head-slaps. But the financial world didn?t seem overly nonplussed...
...Another terrorist attack in the U.S. An economic downturn Neither Not sure...
...there lies the silver lining. In a matter of weeks, our first recession in a decade could be on the books. If it is and it lasts no longer than the last one (two quarters, the minimum period of contraction that qualifies for the R word), the downturn will be over almost as quickly as it became apparent. Recessions typically last nearly a year. The recent attacks, though, make everything different. Economic gatekeepers are in rare and sudden unison...