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...chief economist of Deutsche Bank, agrees, largely because he believes the skyrocketing rise of stock prices in late 1999 and early this year "most likely did contribute to boosting car sales and housing-related sales." With the NASDAQ index by late May down roughly a third from its March peak, he says, "within the next couple of months we'll find weaker car sales, weaker retail sales, weaker housing activity." Varvares expects a further slowdown to about 2 1/2% growth in 2001, though he thinks the pace will pick up again by next year...
...example, a number of staff members criticized Mayer's decision to travel to England with a handful of other administrators to check out cutting edge equipment while the renovated dining halls were reaching their peak stress level...
...song was in its peak in, like, 1995," she remembers. "I knew about it before the hype became extreme...
...House system--in which students in the College spend all but their first year in one of 12 small residential clusters--was at its peak during the 1950s and 1960s. It was then that House masters loomed large in undergraduate life, then that social activity on campus began with House sports. It was then that a House assignment carried its most meaning.In the decades that followed, Harvard undergraduates grappled with issues that defied the confines of House life--the Vietnam War principally, and the increasing diversity of student interests which left the Houses less equipped to bring students together...
...Mount Washington has the worst and most unpredictable weather in America--almost 100 people have died on it. Luckily, the peak did not live up to its wild reputation last Monday...