Word: paces
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Current statistics provide disturbing evidence that the inflation trigger has been pulled again. In March consumer prices shot up at an annual rate of 6.4%, in contrast to a 4.4% rate for last year. Over the past two months, producer prices rose at about a 6% pace, nearly triple their 2.2% increase...
...strong crew and we can probably outrow anybody over 2000 meters," JV crew member Mike O'Toole said. "We just have to set our strong pace which other crews really can't keep up with...
What all these chefs share with the thousands of young people who have migrated to Seattle is an appreciation of the city's livable pace and casual life-style and its nearness to sea and mountains. In exchange, they seem willing to endure weather reports that read, "Rain, followed by showers" (a prediction for six days in a row in March). But perhaps it is the cloudy skies that in the end attract visitors to the great indoors of Seattle's innovative restaurants. After all, if you can't walk around the waterfront or ferry to the outlying islands...
...consumers grew more cautious for a while, but now they are emptying their pocketbooks and stretching the limits of their credit cards once again. Though the real gross national product increased at a moderate 2.3% annual rate in the first quarter, consumer spending rose at a more robust 3.8% pace...
Others are also skeptical. Michael Pace, a scientist at the Institute of Ecosystem Studies in New York, who reviewed the report before it was released, found it "hard to believe" that airborne sources were so important. "The numbers are very soft," said Pace. "They are only rough estimates...