Word: kiva
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While you're in the area, visit Greer, a picturesque little town about 20 miles west of Springerville. Your tour should also include Casa Malpais, a 13th century historic site and museum that features a large volcanic-rock kiva (a room used for men's ceremonies or meetings), a 60-room pueblo, a natural rock staircase, a ceremonial plaza and rock-art panels...
RUTH STAFFORD HAD BIG PLANS THIS year for Kiva Container Corp., a fast-growing maker of corrugated packing boxes whose sales jumped 15% in 1994. But when business began to stall in recent weeks, Stafford had to think again. She put off spending $500,000 on new equipment and adding nine workers to her payroll of 60. "Our customers are reluctant to buy boxes because they are beginning to see their own orders slow,'' says Stafford, president of the Phoenix, Arizona, company. "And that's a big change from what we had been seeing...