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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...heated up recently, bond buyers, worried about a new burst of inflation, have driven interest rates higher. That has taken pressure off the Federal Reserve to jack up the rates it controls, which could make the stock market tumble. Then, with the economy cooling and fears receding of Fed tightening, investors have started pouring money into stocks again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IS THE DOW TOO PUMPED? | 3/3/1997 | See Source »

...however, that there is hope for humanity's most radical experiment. The nation can be saved before becoming the greatest tragedy in recorded history. But this can only happen if European-Americans no longer rely on demagogues like Giuliani, Gingrich, Wilson and Buchanan for the cathartic feeling of being fed lies packaged in pretty phrases...

Author: By Joshua D. Bloodworth, | Title: A More Perfect Union | 2/27/1997 | See Source »

...Greenspan, who rocked markets in December with a comment about the ?irrational exhuberance? among investors that was driving stock prices high, told the Senate Wednesday that the recent upward run of the stock market poses an inflationary threat. When he added that the Fed would not rule out raising short-term interest rates in an effort to ease those inflationary pressures, the markets went temporarily insane. Within moments, the Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 101 points, while in the bond markets, interest rates on 30-year Treasury bonds soared from 6.66 percent to 6.80 percent. Investors fear that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greenspan Rattles The Bulls | 2/26/1997 | See Source »

...surprised that [Penn] let [Grancio and Snowden] go one-on-one with their freshmen, Weaver said. "Kyle ate them up inside, and we all fed off that...

Author: By Zachary T. Ball, | Title: At Last! Harvard Takes Down Penn | 2/24/1997 | See Source »

...failed to note the critical role breast feeding plays in optimizing a baby's brain power. Mother's milk contains important building blocks not found in any domestic infant formula. Babies breast fed just one month have an 8-point IQ advantage as kindergartners, and that figure rises with extended breast feeding. LAURA HAYNES COLLECTOR The Breast-Feeding Task Force of Greater Los Angeles Irwindale, California

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 24, 1997 | 2/24/1997 | See Source »

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