Word: paces
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...sources of economic weakness in the fourth quarter were across the board. Consumer spending dropped at a 4.3% pace, its worst performance since 1980. Nonresidential private fixed investment - a.k.a. capital spending - fell at a 21.1% rate, the worst since 1975. Exports fell at a 23.6% annual pace, the worst since 1971. And residential investment was down at a 22.2% pace, but that's the worst only since the first quarter...
...major indicator headed upward was government spending, but only at a 1.6% annual pace. That should rise significantly starting in the second quarter of this year as spending from the recently enacted stimulus package begins to be felt. The effectiveness - or lack thereof - of the stimulus measures will probably determine where this recession goes down in the history books...
...Heart” opens the album with a hackneyed blues guitar riff and the whiney, gruff singing of frontman Cole Alexander. “Big Black Baby Jesus Of Today” continues these blunt statements of rebellion while adding in some maracas to compensate for the slower pace. Full of standard guitar riffs, simple rock beats, and sapless whining, these songs lacks any real substance and raise the question of whether or not the Black Lips are really as label bending as they claim to be. “Short Fuse” emerges mid-album like a mirage...
...becoming easier. While London's maxed-out Heathrow Airport struggles to win approval to build a third runway, Paris' Charles de Gaulle--which has increased capacity 20% since 2006--already operates four, and CDG has even more space set aside for considerable expansion. That will be vital to keep pace with what some forecast to be a 75% to 100% increase in Paris-bound tourism in the next 20 years...
When Harvard College raises its tuition, it is usually to stay on pace with the inflation rate. But while the inflation rate for this past year is only 0.1 percent, and fear of deflation looms, Harvard is raising its tuition by 3.5 percent, responding to greater demand for financial aid in addition to compensating for the plummeting endowment...