Word: prosperities
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...embattled economically, competing with people like the Koreans and Mexicans, who are willing to work harder for less, and the Japanese, who study more diligently, save more and spend less. We shouldn't begrudge their efforts to prosper, we should applaud them. But to prosper ourselves, we need to be as efficient as possible -- personally (turn off the TV if no one's watching it!), corporately and governmentally...
...event, the American and Japanese economies are inextricably linked. The U.S. could not manage without Japanese capital to help finance its budget deficit. Nor could Japan prosper without an American market in which to sell its high-quality consumer goods. Most American politicians and businessmen understand that a system of free and open trade remains the best bet for global prosperity. But when American workers feel besieged by the Japanese, that rational message is drowned out by a chorus calling for retribution...
...billion trade deficit, U.S. exports have been growing, in constant dollars, as a proportion of the gross national product. Says Robert Hormats, vice chairman of Goldman Sachs International: "A country that exports 15% of its GNP cannot turn its back on the world economy and hope to prosper." But Bush only grudgingly and recently has begun to consider measures to make the U.S. more competitive. His muzzy pronouncements about creating a new world order fail to address the need to redirect the energies formerly focused on the cold war to long-term economic revival...
Nine years ago, Harrison achieved his dream and moved into 535 Mountain Boulevard, a three-bedroom brick-and-stucco house. At that point the law firm he helped found was four years old and starting to prosper. Harrison and his wife Joy began thinking about raising a family. "I was absolutely thrilled to be here," he says...
...Hoffman said that Discount Records will continue to prosper because it provides a different selection, with unique jazz, vocal and international sections...