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Japanese finance minister Kiichi Miyazawa called it "the light at the end of the tunnel": Japan?s GDP grew 1.9 percent in the first three months of 1999 after six straight quarters of contraction. The number was hailed by optimists as a sign that Japan?s moribund economy had finally bottomed out, and U.S. stocks dropped Thursday on the hint that a Japan-fueled recovery of the Asian tigers was on -? and that U.S. inflation (and a Fed rate hike) would soon follow...
Following King's assassination in 1968, Jackson grew dissatisfied with the SCLC leadership, and in 1971, he formed his own splinter group similar to Breadbasket--People United to Save Humanity (PUSH...
Jackson first refused to admit he made the hymietown comment, but then, as Jewish groups grew more and more incensed, he admitted to the remark and attributed it to a moment of thoughtlessness. Apologizing to those whom he had offended, Jackson affirmed his human capacity for error...
Class Day, run by seniors for more than a century, has spawned several offshoots over the years. The current senior events, including the Last Chance Dance, the Moonlight Cruise and the Quad Olympics, all grew out of Class...
...event grew from music and dancing to include sport. At 2 p.m., the hotly contested Harvard-Yale baseball game added another element to the festivities. The Glee Club performed on the steps of Widener Library...