Word: paces
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...unexpected," reports TIME's Bernard Baumohl. "This indicates the economy is stronger and more resilient than investors and economists had thought. Everybody will keep an eye on economic data between now and August 20 to see if the numbers indicate the economy is continuing to grow at a strong pace." The Fed has kept rates steady at 5.25 percent since January, but with the economy growing at an annual rate of about 4 percent last quarter that is likely to change. "The question now is will the Fed raise rates 25 or 50 basis points," Baumohl says. Economists had been...
...duties involve more in the way of clerical work than was originally advertised, but my days are rarely boring. The pace is often dizzying, accelerating as deadlines loom and crises arise. At 11 a.m., a guest will be added--setting the office into a researching frenzy--only to be dropped at noon. In the morning, I typically spend about half my time tracking down articles, scanning headlines for interesting stories, photocopying, filing, faxing and messengering...
...best distance swimmers in the world was not disgraceful; and 2) it might be possible to train seriously and still have, of all things, a life. It worked. Swimming became fun again, Evans says now. Schubert set her to training against his men swimmers. She loves this. Her freestyle pace is close to what Brad Bridgewater, the 200-m winner at the Olympic trials, does in the backstroke, and it's never certain who will win one of their training races...
...team at the '92 Olympics, when they took sixth, is left to sort through the egos as best she can, barking into her headset commands that the rowers receive via speakers mounted inside the boat, to the profound annoyance of the women wielding the oars. "I have to pace them, to see if they can handle it," says Farooq, 29. "Our team--hah!--they can handle...
...right on nearly every core economic issue since taking power. Think of it as "putting corporations first." He has preferred the financial markets over working people in his budget package although ostensibly he defends their rights. He has allowed insurance companies, not the consumers, to set the pace in the health care debate, and he has preferred multinational corporations over everyone in the trade agreements...