Word: lowness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Couldn?t the central bank lower interest rates to stimulate borrowing, ? la Greenspan? Not really. Japan?s interest rates are already less that 1 percent (as opposed to around 5 percent in the U.S., which is itself unusually low). And far from being in lending trim, Japanese banks are so shaky that people are trading their minuscule-yield savings accounts for mattresses and coffee cans...
...December 2, 1998: Buffeted by a bull market and a strong economy, Harvard announced that it would add $95 million of endowment money to its operating budget for 1999. With the increase, the endowment payout moved closer to its traditional 4.5 percent, up from a historic low of 3.3 percent...
...reality is that almost all of the angiogenesis inhibitors have been found to be generic, not to induce drug resistance, to have low toxicity, et cetera, in animals," he adds. "This was first shown with TNP-470 many years...
Lewis' remaining plans are more gradual and less controversial--and when Lewis eventually leaves his post, he may well be remembered as a low-profile dean...
...squad faced low numbers and had many first-time racers...