Word: paces
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...possibly to a recession in 1998. And last Friday's financial-market action showed how widely his views are shared on Wall Street. Huge May increases in factory orders and new-home sales had made it obvious that growth is accelerating sharply from the anemic 2.2% pace of early 1996; estimates put the second-quarter rate at 4% or even 4.5%. Then on Friday, the government reported that the unemployment rate fell from 5.6% in May to 5.3% in June, its lowest level in six years...
...Renton jumps over the camera and hurtles down the street as store detectives chase after him, Iggy Pop's Lust for Life hammers the sound track, and Renton delivers his "Choose life" speech--the film is a nonstop visual and aural assault. Slo-mo, fast-mo, a hallucinogenic editing pace and the thick music of Scottish accents mean that you'll have to cram for Trainspotting. Attention must be paid, and will be rewarded with the scabrous savor of the movie's lightning intelligence. The subject is heroin, but the style is speed. This film is an upper--a jolt...
...careful characterization as the most treasurable of special effects, says TIME's Richard Schickel. There are no explosions here, just a skeleton unearthed from a shallow grave after a 30-year rest. Sam Deeds (Chris Cooper), sheriff in a Texas border town where even corruption proceeds at a somnolent pace, has reason to believe these to be the earthly remains of a sadistic and crooked predecessor, Charley Wade (Kris Kristofferson). He also guesses that his late father Buddy, who succeeded Charley as sheriff but is widely regarded as a saint, may have been Charley1s murderer. That would be all right...
...victory that established England's rule over Ireland. Protestant marchers will be out en masse, and unless the police can prevent further clashes, Hillenbrand says, Catholic-Protestant relations could relapse to the hostility of the last decade. Peace talks in Belfast, which have been proceeding at a snail's pace for the past month, have been suspended pending the outcome of the marches. -- Anita Hamilton
...politics. Last month Togo's Sports Minister told Senakwami that he would make the team. But then Senakwami heard that Togo's Olympic Committee said he had to meet a qualifying time lower than his present pace. Senakwami says fina, swimming's governing body, sometimes waives the rule to help promote the sport--and will do so. "It's an excuse," he says. "Somebody in Togo doesn't want me to go." If so, Togo will be losing not just an Olympian but also a parable of persistence. Says Senakwami: "I refuse to give up." --By Lawrence Mondi...