Word: midwestern
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...many ways, Vuke's small-town Midwestern background translates onto the playing surface. He is a gentle giant of sorts whose mellow persona on the ice makes few realize just how good a player he is. He is not one to yell in the pre-game locker room, nor get involved in pointless brawls. He gets the job done casually and quietly...
...would be hard pressed to find a grass-thatched hut in Tahiti's capital city, Papeete ("Pa-pey-ey-tey"). With its department stores, street traffic and air pollution, Papeete would resemble a medium-sized midwestern American city if it weren't for all the tour-company vans lined up on the main street...
...Yorker, I can't profess having cared much that the Cincinnati Reds thrashed the Oakland Athletics last week. So some midwestern team with a dumb name beat a bunch of California yahoos...
...government gave fresh evidence of the worsening pain last week, reporting that the unemployment rate climbed to 5.7% in September, up from 5.6% in August, for the third increase in a row. Not since the 1981-82 recession had unemployment risen for three straight months. In several Midwestern and Southern states, the jobless rate has already topped 7%. Since July, the U.S. has lost nearly 500,000 jobs...
...years of belt tightening that was supposed to make companies more competitive, many firms are still cutting deeply into their white-collar work forces. The firings have thrown secretaries and managers alike into an increasingly hostile job market. "I was in shock," says a former top executive of a Midwestern men's clothing retailer who was laid off in August. The dismissal left the middle-aged breadwinner with six months' severance pay and three college-age children. "Right now, companies are paring down just to survive," he says. "But the fact that ((the economy)) hits home and strikes you personally...