Word: growth
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...corporate prosperity of the Clinton era has been accompanied by an unparalleled growth in American cynicism - and outright hostility - toward Washington's political class. But the Seattle demonstrations - and the political shock wave they sent around America - showed that passive cynicism may be giving way to active outrage...
While it reflects the band's growth as they have learned to combine their unconventional instruments, Greatest Hits is surprisingly cohesive. Unfortunately, "Communication" (from 1997's Left of Cool), featuring Dave Matthews' vocals, is an obvious attempt to recruit Matthews' fans, and doesn't fit with this otherwise purely instrumental album. Nonetheless, the album's two previously unreleased tracks, "Shocktime" and "Road House Blues," are melodic and Wooten's wizardry in the two alone make the album worth the money...
...high principles behind the WTO are that a global set of agreed principles on trade and related matters will facilitate economic growth and will protect the poor from the power of the rich. These basic points are unexceptionable, except to people who know nothing of history or economic development. Expanded world trade is indeed an engine of development, for rich and poor countries alike. And the rule of law surely beats the rule of the jungle, especially for the weaker countries. The collapse of trade in the Great Depression taught us that lesson in brutal terms...
HASCS has thus been keeping tabs on the constant need for space. This year, though, "the growth curve was faster than we anticipated," Osterberg said...
...market likes to hear. The Labor Department Friday sent the Dow scooting up 300 points to a record 11,340 and NASDAQ blasting up to 3,500 for the first time. The impetus was an unemployment report that contained the best possible scenario for Wall street - continued healthy job growth but no sign of wage inflation. "In investor psychology, the unemployment figures are the most important of all economic indicators," says TIME senior business writer Bernard Baumohl. "It indicates both the strength of the economy and the potential for inflation, and Friday's report showed a healthy economy with...