Word: hiked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...wage and benefits agreements enjoyed by the rest of the airline's workers. American Eagle pilots make only one-third of what their colleagues at American earn. Another sticking point are wage demands. The airline offers a 6 percent increase while the pilots are asking for an 11 percent hike over the next three years...
...handful of politicians I truly respect, is going to speak at the IOP on Friday. I show up at the Kennedy School half an hour early to grab a good seat, but the first few rows of the Starr Auditorium, virtually empty, are reserved for important people. So I hike to the rear of the hall and park in a sea of K-Schoolers who spend the next half-hour swapping stories about foolish things college kids have been saying in their classes. ("He made this comment, it was very undergraduate-arrogant," one explains.) Finally, Wellstone takes the stage...
...fourth quarter. Even though the GDP grew 25 percent more last year than in 1995, when it rose 2 percent overall, few market anaylsts expect a worrisome raise in inflation. Sustained growth could create inflationary pressures as labor demands drive up wages and prices, causing the Federal Reserve to hike the cost of borrowing. But growth is likely to be lower this quarter, easing fears of an overheated economy. Investors were also reassured by Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan's statement Thursday that the Consumer Price Index is overstating inflation, a sign that the Federal Reserve probably won't raise interest...
...fourth quarter. Even though the GDP grew 25 percent more last year than in 1995, when it rose 2 percent overall, few market anaylsts expect a worrisome raise in inflation. Sustained growth could create inflationary pressures as labor demands drive up wages and prices, causing the Federal Reserve to hike the cost of borrowing. But growth is likely to be lower this quarter, easing fears of an overheated economy. Investors were also reassured by Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan's statement Thursday that the Consumer Price Index is overstating inflation, a sign that the Federal Reserve probably won't raise interest...
...Harvard experience is an extremely competitive one-in the classroom, extra curriculars and just about everything else-and is definitely performance based. By choosing among the chosen those who can hike and those who cannot before anyone even arrives is, if not ludicrous and malicious, ill-conceived and stupid...