Word: paces
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Because rowing is so intense and anarobic, the oarsmen encounter pain, fatigue, and thoughts of doubts as to their capacity to maintain the pace. Meditation can train you not to buy into these thoughts so they won't drain your energy," he adds...
...late to have much impact on the election. Moreover, the Federal Reserve realized that it had been too stringent and opened up the money-supply spigot. That helped send the prime rate down to 10.75% by late December. In the fourth quarter, growth picked up to an estimated 2.8% pace. Concluded Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldrige: "This year the economy came in like a lion and is going out like a lamb...
...enjoying cork-popping growth at a time when liquor, beer and table wines have sluggish or declining revenues. Sparkling-wine sales have bubbled up to $1.7 billion this year, 34% more than in 1983. Exports of French champagne to the U.S. this year grew at the same effervescent pace and exceeded 1 million cases for the first time. With New Year's Eve approaching, France's Moët-Hennessy two weeks ago flew an additional 24,000 bottles of its prestige brand Dom Pérignon (retail price: about $40) to New York City. "Business has always...
...faster pace of executions has been expected. When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1976 that some capital-punishment statutes were constitutional, state legislatures promptly began passing new laws that conformed with the high court's criteria. The murderers convicted under those statutes are only now exhausting their appeals. "The people who are getting executed have already had stays," says University of Florida Sociologist Michael Radelet "And the people on death row are running out of issues for the courts to rule...
Actors have been known for a change of pace or a change of face, but Eddie Murphy, 23, is one of the few to try a change of race. Appearing as host on his old show, Saturday Night Live, last week, the chameleonic comedian went Caucasian in a four-minute film. For viewers who missed it, SNL Executive Producer Dick Ebersol explains, "He gets on a city bus, and there's one black man on it. The instant the black man gets off and it's just white people, they pull out music and cards and have parties...