Word: gathering
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...housing surge continues to gather momentum, as most industry economists seem to think it will, it can help to power the U.S. economy out of recession, in part by setting off a chain reaction of other purchases: furniture, linens, home electronics and all the other gear a home requires. Happily, the phenomenon seems to be affecting all regions. Even in areas like New England, which is still firmly in recession's grip, some of the better houses are selling as quickly as brokers can list them. At the Greater Boston & Real Estate Board, officials say pending sales...
After generations of French colonial rule, the islanders have become dependent on the outside world for most of their food and supplies. Though their diet continues to rely heavily on fish and fruit, they have also begun to appreciate Coca Cola ("le Coca") and bubblegum. Once a week people gather at the tiny airport to greet the plane that carries the week's supply of baguettes...
...planners hope that the senior center will not only serve as an information bank and health center, but will also be a place where Cambridge seniors can gather to socialize and participate in recreational activity...
...along the way, Richardson gives a richly informed and lucid account of the dynamics of Picasso's growth, neither sparing his failures nor losing sight of his quintessential Spanishness. The story pulls like a locomotive and can only gather more energy in volumes to come. If its promise is sustained, Richardson will be to Picasso what Richard Ellmann has been to Joyce, or Richard Holmes to Coleridge...
...mission [of the committee] is to paint a human dimension of the Gulf War and gather and disseminate information of health problems created by the war," said Zheutlin...