Word: fallen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...immediate aftermath of this disaster, fire fighters paused to mourn their fallen comrades and to try to explain, to themselves and others, what it is about their work that proves so attractive and sometimes so fatal. On the playing field of the Glenwood Springs Middle School, fresh crews assembled the day after the blowup, waiting to relieve those who were still trying to extinguish the deadly Storm King fire. John Murray, boss of the Chief Mountain Hotshots, a Blackfoot Indian contingent out of Browning, Montana, mused, "The fire gets in your blood. You want to seek out danger and defeat...
Anyone who has watched the village T.V. with a coat hanger for an antenna. Anyone who has kicked a ball full of rags through the slums of Rio or fallen to neatly manicured German turf in celebration. It is the game and passion of the world. We should count ourselves thankful that it was held here this summer. And we must hope it comes back...
...after day the greenback has been hitting post-World War II lows against the Japanese yen. At one point last week the dollar would buy less than 98 yen, down about 2% since June 21 and 10% since February. The dollar has also fallen about 8% this year against the deutsche mark, to 1.59 DM last week. Those drops have contributed to a continuing erosion of stock and bond prices. The Dow Jones industrial average was 3647 Friday, down 8% from its Jan. 31 high, while the yield on 30-year U.S. Treasury bonds had risen to 7.6%, higher than...
...more or less the same story in Germany, where the dollar has fallen in relation to the mark. And it's not only travelers who are affected. The falling dollar can also have a big impact at home. It can make things more expensive in our own neighborhoods, raising the price of everything from Nikons to Nintendos. The stock market is already telling us it doesn't like this slump in the greenback. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 139 points last week, including a 62-point drop on Friday...
...billion deficit with Germany. And while some currency watchers say our government wants the dollar to fall so low that even the Japanese won't be able to resist buying U.S. goods, this game of chicken has shown few signs of success. Each time the dollar has fallen sharply in the past 25 years, the Japanese have responded by improving the quality of their products to help maintain their competitive edge...