Word: indexes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This time, it seems, he was warning us about irrational panic. "Greenspan knew about the Producer Price Index numbers ahead of time," says TIME senior economics reporter Bernard Baumohl, referring to the big scary inflation number that ? along with Alan Greenspan?s own Thursday night speech about an "asset bubble" ? threw the markets into an early-morning tailspin Friday. "He warned about wild fluctuations because he knew how the market would react to the bad news about producer prices, and his role is to warn investors that an adjustment in stock prices could come quickly...
...part Gino's (formerly their official hairstylist) and two parts Hasty Pudding Club (of which they are all automatically members.) The Kroks in concert are remarkable for their uniformity; they spend hours practicing their snapping, for example, so that each Krok holds his hand the same way, curling the index finger, locking his elbow to his side and snapping in a quick J-shape. Their tuxedoes are identical, all with shawl collar, suspenders and white cozy and Krokodiloe cufflinks...
...months ago. Summers' mantra--"A strong dollar is in the national interest of the United States"--was the same one repeated for six years by Rubin, a period during which the Dow rose a mountainous 7,000 points. In contrast, the as yet brief Summers era has seen the index drop some 900 points. But Summers says his focus is on "the fundamentals," such as creating a budget surplus, which he argues is best for both the economy and the markets...
...know someone who writes down the names of everyone they meet at Harvard on an index card and files it for future use, you will by the time you graduate. And you know what? That "someone" probably won't be a particularly bad person. Cordially friendly to everyone, always ready for a chat, that name-filer will enjoy your company and also happen to note you as a future contact. You don't need to be a cut-throat, uncaring person subsumed by ambition to take advantage of one of Harvard's best resources: the people you'll meet here...
Okay, I admit I wouldn't keep files of index cards with the names of all of my Harvard acquaintances. And I might think it was a little weird if one of my friends did. But I no longer consider it strange that an old high school friend and member of the class of 2003 approached me, and unable to contain her enthusiasm at her recent acceptance, whispered to me conspiratorially "I'm a member of the club...