Word: gain
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have low fee structures and allow individuals to easily approximate the market's average return year after year. Last year the Index 500 rose 22.86%; the S&P 500, 22.95%. Over 10 years, the Index 500 has risen an average annual 15.04%, just behind the S&P 500 index gain of 15.29%. Meanwhile, the average general stock fund has been lagging: 19.4% last year; 12.5%, on average, each of the past 10 years. Historically speaking, those returns are phenomenal. But next to the average returns easily available through index funds, they pale...
...logjam to pass not only welfare reform but also an increase in the minimum wage and a bill making health insurance more portable as workers move between jobs. Voters rewarded him and his colleagues with the Senate's highest approval ratings in a decade and with a Republican gain of two seats in the November elections...
...highway and into some Connecticut shrubbery Sunday morning. An unknown Ukrainian orphan who first emerged as an international sports celebrity after cinching an Olympic gold in 1994 at the age of 16, Oksana had slipped to the sidelines of world competition, plagued by back and knee injuries, weight gain and the distractions of stardom. On Tuesday, police charged Baiul, 19, who now lives in Connecticut, with drinking and reckless driving in the accident over the weekend. Baiul, whose blood alcohol easily exceeded the state limit, and who is two years short of the legal drinking age of 21, was released...
...despite a late rally and a power play, Harvard fell short. They would have to wait for Saturday night to gain any points on the weekend, as well as a chance to make amends for Friday's loss...
After making its first six three-pointers, Harvard held a seven-point lead at halftime, 36-29. In the second half, the Crimson lost its scoring touch but kept up the defensive pressure and made its free throws in the stretch to gain...