Word: euros
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Specifically, Grenier said he anticipates upcoming growth in newly deregulated industries and in Europe, the latter improvement a result of the European Union's single currency, the Euro, set to come into effect...
...trip to Au Bon Pain. With every restaurant patron sitting outside as they eat their meal, the Square resembles one large quaint little bistro. Finally, my growing suspicions coalesced into a conclusion: Harvard, in its eternal search for new heights of elitism, has co-opted the latest in flamboyant Euro-snob chic. As if the fireplaces and finals clubs weren't appealing enough to every "sophisticate" on campus, we now have crepes served in the dining halls and electronica parties in Adams House...
...move was afoot, and the TIME board thinks he is only being realistic. "The main decision makers are focused in totally different directions, and there is no incentive to coordinate," explains Gordon. The German Bundesbank, for example, is preoccupied with smoothing Europe's conversion to a common currency, the euro, and Japanese interest rates are already so close to zero that the Bank of Japan thinks it has no room to maneuver...
Unlike Everything but the Girl, whose smashing foray into electronica on their latest Walking Wounded represented a revolutionary addition to their delicate, acoustic lounge songwriting, Saint Etienne has been busily crafting taut electronic Euro-pop for nearly a decade now. If their sophisticated European following is any indication, Saint Etienne has all but captured the sound of sunny metropolitan luxury. However, only on their latest, utterly adroit album Good Humor has the band truly devised ravishing and flawless pop music in the most classic sense of the term. Boasting the lush, crisp sound that has evolved slowly from their first...
...does all this equal a company in trouble? Burke, who left after 12 productive years at the company (he is credited with turning around the troubled Euro Disney park in France), offers up some heartfelt pro-Eisner spin. "This whole situation is a lot less sexy and nefarious than people believe," he says. "Eisner is the most interesting combination of entertainment and business talent in the entertainment business--maybe in any business--and the company still has one of the greatest collections of business talent that I've ever seen." In fact, the defections can be seen as backhanded praise...