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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hearing that the economy grew an astounding 5.6% in the first quarter--too fast for comfort. But a closer look at the numbers showed inflation remained dormant. Don't put away the Dramamine just yet. The markets were jolted again on Friday after the jobless rate sank to a near 24-year low of 4.9%. Very inflationary. Later in the day, however, Washington's announcement of a budget deal sent the index soaring...
NASA may have the "vomit comet" to brace astronauts for space flight. But if you're looking for a real stomach-turning ride, try Wall Street. In a seven-week trip, the Dow Jones industrial average plunged nearly 700 points from mid-March to mid-April, only to suddenly turn full-throttle upward. In one of the dizziest weeks of the year, the Dow closed up 332.22 points to a near record...
...While most of the stuff that falls into a black hole stays there, he observes, some of it gets blasted out in the form of a hot wind. Liang's hypothesis draws strength from the fact that there appear to be a good half a dozen black holes near the center of the Milky...
...funerals, weddings, proms. One girl will remember lying in the night grass under a blue moon with her little sister. Another will recall a last dance with a midshipman in Navy whites. A boy will alter the scent to that of lilacs, and swoop back to a childhood Eden near his father's rectory...
...week, but then Robert Halmi Sr., 73, isn't the kind of guy who keeps busy churning out projects with names like Abduction of Innocence: A Moment of Truth Movie. While overseeing the production of an upcoming ABC movie on the explorers Henry Morton Stanley and David Livingstone near Mount Kenya recently, Halmi hired a group of Masai tribesmen as extras. Just as the scene in which they were to participate had begun shooting, a busload of American tourists stopped to ogle and photograph the tribesmen, angering the actors-for-a-day and delaying production. Rather than deploy a minion...