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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...proper method of garbage disposal in the Middle Ages was throwing it out of the open window. Outside, the communal pigs fed in the streets. In fact, the tradition of a male accompanying a female arm in arm down the street was to protect her from flying bones and slops...

Author: By Zoe Argento, | Title: Rebirth of the PLAGUE | 10/4/1994 | See Source »

...with demand. What worries economists the most, however, is that the NAPM's index of the prices manufacturers pay for materials rose to 77.1, also the highest level in six years. That's a sign of inflation down the road, which makes it all the more likely that the Fed will boost rates for a sixth time this year. On Wall Street, the markets waffled, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average up a meager 3.70 points to 3846.89 while the S&P 500 dipped 0.97 to 461.74. NASDAQ stocks fell 3.41 to 760.88. But bond prices nosedived, driving the yield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MARKETWATCH | 10/3/1994 | See Source »

...make the recruiting process less intimidating, organizations try a lot of different tactics. But the primary one remains the same, year after year: prospective compers are fed...

Author: By John Tessitore, | Title: A Comp Roundup: ...There's the Pizza | 10/1/1994 | See Source »

...plays on the left side of the field, where she set up many shots and fed the ball into the circle several times...

Author: By Sean D. Wissman, | Title: Ivy League Field Hockey Teams Neck and Neck | 9/28/1994 | See Source »

Stocks rose and bonds fell as the Federal Reserve decided not to raise interest rates at a meeting of the Open Market Committee Tuesday. Many analysts had predicted the Fed would hike both the Federal Funds and Discount rates by a half point in order to nip inflationary pressures in the bud. But though the Fed did not act at its latest meeting, look for at least one further rate increase --the sixth this year -- at its next meeting Nov. 15, which is conveniently right after the midterm elections. Following the announcement that rates will stay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MARKETWATCH | 9/27/1994 | See Source »

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