Word: grows
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that the Grinch of Wall Street has suddenly gone pie-eyed over the invincible new economic order. Bristling slightly, he insisted the Fed "is not, as some commentators have suggested, involved in an experiment that deliberately prods the economy to see how far and how fast it can grow," Greenspan said. "The costs of a failed experiment would be much too burdensome for too many of our citizens." Does that mean the Fed will raise rates at its August 19 meeting? Kadlec doesn't think so. "He's got nothing to latch onto. There is no sign of inflation...
Lawrence is not just a man with problems; he is also an entertainment franchise. A lot of money is riding on his ability to grow up. Otherwise, people who love him will suffer. And he will be future used goods...
...thing that's interesting about the summer, though, is that the moment in May when I leave my final final exam, this list of 'shows worth watching' seems to grow substantially. Which is to say that between June and September all this talk of efficient viewing, of television avoidance, has been known to go right out the window. Because while I can take or leave even the best television has to offer during the school year, while even my favorite shows are sacrificed tote rigors of my academic and extracurricular schedule, during the summer even reruns seem to take...
...nothing is forever except Don King. Tyson can reapply annually to reenter the ring. The house of 'unarmed combat' is hardly built on principles: the sport was waiting eagerly when Iron Mike, rapist, got out of jail, and it may not take long for boxing's rapacious governors to grow ravenous for the biggest draw of the decade...
...turns out, you don't have to grow up in a postcard place these days to feel agreeable about the world as you find it. In a TIME/CNN survey of graduating seniors in 13 high schools along Highway 50, very few of them sounded like Marilyn Manson (rock bogeyman). A few of them sounded like the Brady Bunch (holy innocents). A lot of them reminded us of Lisa Simpson (cartoon goddess--aware of life's shadows, inclined to make for the light). Three-fourths hold the sobering belief that we are pulling apart as a nation rather than coming together...