Word: fasted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...more self-indulgent. An $11 billion income tax cut this year, shorter working hours and rising incomes have increased demand for items as diverse as bread-baking machines, self-stirring saucepans, oversize TVs and imported cars. Even things "made in the U.S.A." are becoming more popular -- though not as fast as many American producers would like. Notes MITI's Sugiyama: "We're still trying hard to add to our shopping list something other than jets and computers from...
Hong Kong, which has perhaps the most freewheeling economy in the world, readily lets in imports and ships out exports like stylish clothing just as fast. Despite uncertainty about what will happen to the former British colony when China assumes sovereignty in 1997, business confidence is strong and economic growth is expected to reach 12% this year. Leaving many high-tech fields to the other NICs, Hong Kong is concentrating on being a financial center. Virtually all the world's major banks have offices there. Hong Kong is also developing its role as the gateway to the largest potential market...
...know [Dartmouth's] fast and fairly direct," Getman said. "They like going to goal, and they've shown the ability to score goals...
...wrote this as a personal memorial to my friend, it is an attempt to keep her present and not have her forgotten which is what happens when people die. They get forgotten really fast," says Thernstrom, who graduated summa cum laude in English...
NATION: The Bork nomination is sinking fast despite feverish White House efforts...