Word: pasting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Frankly, we're due. And that brings me to another batch of three: The Crash of the Millennium by Ravi Batra, who, as they say, has called five out of the past two recessions; Beat the Millennium Crash by Jake Bernstein; and Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation (Dutch tulip bulbs to junk bonds) by Edward Chancellor. The bubble theories in these books at the very least provide some counterweight to the sky's-the-limit authors...
...other Kadlec as much as admit that there's nothing special in their forecasts. Elias predicts Dow 40,000 by 2016, an average annual gain of 9%. Kadlec projects Dow 100,000 by 2020, equal to 11% a year. Given that stocks have returned 17% a year over the past 20 years, it's hard even to call them bulls. About all they're saying is that the U.S. will remain a sovereign nation. I'd call that a real sturdy limb they've climbed onto. By now, just about everyone knows that stocks go up 10% annually, on average...
...past decade, unconventional pain medications have exploded onto the scene. These drugs are considered adjuvant--that is, auxiliary--therapies because they're usually used in conjunction with conventional medications when the latter fail to provide relief. Occasionally they're prescribed alone. Among the more surprising new painkillers are antiseizure medications. A recent article in the Southern Medical Journal discusses anecdotal evidence that antiseizure drugs provide the best relief for neuropathic pain, associated with nerve problems. The newest and most successful has been gabapentin, which seems to relieve a wide range of nerve pain, including that often accompanying cancer and AIDS...
Antidepressants have been used for the past 20 years as adjuvants in pain relief. The most effective appear to be the tricyclics, and they're prescribed for a broad spectrum of pain, including headaches, arthritis, chronic low-back pain, fibromyalgia, cancer pain and diabetic nerve pain, though they can in some people lower blood pressure, create confusion and cause constipation and urine retention...
...within a 25-minute drive of their home in Chevy Chase, Md. Nonetheless, the Stearmans are always looking for ways to enhance their togetherness. So Bernice has made a habit of taking the kids to "M&Ms"--movies and malls. David does something a little more adventurous. For the past 10 summers, he has gone to camp with one--sometimes two--of his grandchildren. "The food is terrible, the beds are bad, there are no televisions or radios, but, man, you just feel good!" Stearman says. The weeklong Grandparent-Grandchild Summer Camp, founded by Arthur Kornhaber, in the Adirondack Mountains...