Word: falling
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...experts expect stocks to take so big a fall. Most agree that what we saw last week did not reflect any disastrous weakening of the U.S. economy. Instead it represented a healthy correction of an overpriced stock market. The good news was that few individual investors seemed to engage in panic selling. But their faith, and their sense of prosperity, will probably be tested again in the weeks and months ahead...
...their son and daughter out of school for the trip to Cape Canaveral. This time wife, children and the Glenns' two grandsons will all be there for lift-off. Glenn takes a small, whimsical pleasure in pointing out that his grandsons, who will be 16 and 14 in the fall, are the same age his son and daughter--now 52 and 50--were the last time he flew...
...making up 48 different characters in her columns; now Barnicle, 54, gets caught with 10 stolen jokes for a column of 38 one-liners. It can be argued that Barnicle's crime is of a lesser degree--more an act of slothful corner cutting than corrupt journalism. Should he fall, many believe it will have less to do with the Carlin incident than an arrogance that has long irked colleagues--and the need for the paper to act as tough toward a white man as it did toward Smith, a black woman...
...which last week had fallen as much as 10% from its high, could fall further and seriously set back anyone who plows in a pile of money now. But a happy irony of the stock market is that the nuttier it gets, the more you can make by sticking to a regimen of investing a set amount at regular intervals, as most folks do with their 401(k)s or other automatic-investment accounts. That's right: when stock prices fly up and down in dramatic fashion, it's to your advantage. The hard part is gutting out those unnerving...
...almost-50 baby boomer who still loves the fun of baseball. I remember coming home from school in the spring and fall holding a transistor radio to my ear and listening to the announcer describe my favorite team's game. Will it be the same for my eight- and 11-year-old children? Nostalgia may appeal to us boomers, but what about the kids? Want another generation to grow up fans of baseball? Schedule more day games! Time after time, I have to tear my kids away from televised baseball in the early innings because it's their bedtime. During...