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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...productivity, real wages have been rising for the first time in nearly three decades without spurring inflation. The U.S. growth rate, while down from its feverish 5.5% in the first quarter, is still expected to register 2%-plus for the rest of the year. The only skunk at this picnic is the Asian, Russian and Latin financial crisis, estimated to have knocked about 2.5 percentage points off second-quarter growth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What A Drag! | 9/14/1998 | See Source »

...error occurred while processing this directive]Fortune Investor Data All in all, a poor performance from the markets closest to the eye of the storm. But it's a picnic compared to the continuing collapse in Asia. The Nikkei sank to a 12-year low. Hong Kong, which had seemed immune on Thursday, plummeted on news that it had joined Japan in the recession club. The former colony's economy shrank a whopping 5 percent in the second quarter, virtually wiping out all of 1997's gains in one go; officials had originally predicted 3.5 percent growth. "This is outside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Markets On the Brink | 8/28/1998 | See Source »

Class Day is no longer the only day tocelebrate class unity; class events now begin atthe start of spring semester and continue untilCommencement. The final week before Commencementis particularly full--with events such as the LastChance Dance, the Moonlight Cruise, the SeniorTalent Show and the Senior Picnic...

Author: By Hoon-jung Kim, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Class Day Grows Over the Years | 6/3/1998 | See Source »

Events sponsored by the Class Committee fall on the lower end of the cost scale--ranging from free to $12 for the Moonlight Cruise--whereas events sponsored by the Commencement Office include the senior picnic luncheon with its $20 fee per guest and $35 tickets for the Class of 1998 Clambake...

Author: By Stephanie K. Clifford, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Graduation Is Costly Ritual | 6/3/1998 | See Source »

...there was no visible sign of injury to Ellen Shah. And her petition for protection was dismissed when she failed to show up in court. The nanny lives in California now and refuses to say what she saw that day. Through her daughter, the nanny says it was no picnic working for either Bipin or Ellen, and she's glad to be rid of them both...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hide And Seek | 5/11/1998 | See Source »

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