Word: felted
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Those who lived through Japan's "lost decade," that seemingly endless period of economic listlessness during the 1990s, may have felt a collective chill run down their spines recently. In the second quarter, Japan's GDP plunged 2.4%, the sharpest quarterly decline in seven years. Due to higher prices for imports such as oil, slumping exports and weak domestic demand, it now appears Japan may have slipped into recession in the fourth quarter...
...helped too. Morgan Stanley said in a recent report that "unlike with many other consumer stocks, we expect Cadbury's earnings growth to accelerate." Says David Morris, food and beverage research director at Mintel International Group, a market-research company: "The spin-off is a smart move. Investors had felt these businesses weren't getting their appropriate valuations when they were combined." As stand-alones, they can also grow by attracting merger partners, he says...
...deep and they could give the kids a normal childhood. He was home every weekend, she says, and now she's urgent, insistent: "I want people to understand, he was not a father who was from afar. He was very involved with his kids and in our relationship. I felt like we saw more of him by living out in Arizona because when he was home, he was dedicated...
...Leach felt Obama's biggest challenge was to become more familiar to the public between now and November. "This is a historic election," he said, "and there is a great vision on the table. He's just got to go out and convey that message to the public...
...after the primaries, you went back to South Carolina to talk about what you felt was a mistake you had made on the Confederate flag. Is there anything so far about this campaign that you wish you could take back or you might revisit when it's over...