Word: northeasterly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Crispin, the patron saint of shoemakers,spread Gospel by day and made shoes by night. The3rd century Roman moved to the Aisne, northeast ofParis, and legend holds that he gave away shoes tothe poor. Some suggest that this Robin Hood offootware even stole his materials from the rich.In Lives of Illustrious Shoemakers,published in 1883, William Edward Winks writesthat "such tales are worthless," but honors St.Crispin as one of the first in a long line ofdistinguished shoemakers...
Demand was highest in the West, where home sales soared 18%. Most of this action, though, is taking place outside California, whose economy has been battered by a retreating defense industry. In the Northeast, housing sales rose only 2%, a sluggish performance due partly to the fact that home prices are up 2% to $143,000, second only to those in California. Sales in the South increased 9%. In the Midwest housing sales also jumped 9%, and new home construction climbed 39%. But Chicago Realtor Dempsey Travis says a sustained recovery will need more than "one-shot remedies" like...
...would be all too easy to give up and say that only expensive PR campaigns matter to the voters any more. Tsongas' success in the Northeast showed that people are ready for an end to the hype. Jerry Brown's lowbudget campaign has filled the void Tsongas left behind. The Connecticut primary resulted in a one percentage point difference between Brown and Clinton, and polls indicate that there would have been a majority for Tsongas had he not quit. Showy packaging isn't everything...
Another worrisome development: delinquent real estate loans are surging in the pricey West Coast market. Thus the problems that have plagued much of the Northeast last year are now spreading to large California banks and thrifts. Many experts fear that one or more of the nation's largest banks on the West Coast are in danger of collapsing in the next several months...
...Cities across the Northeast have been pushed towards recycling by space constraints and cost more than they have been pushed by environmental concerns," said Aceti. "And Cambridge is no exception...