Word: provenances
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...There's a lot of discrimination that you face, but that's over and done with once you've proven yourself...
...rock steady after Greenspan cleared his throat and sent investors scurrying for cover. Still, Greenspan made it clear that he didn't think that this unprecedented expansion means we have entered a new, recession-proof age: "History is strewn with visions of new eras that in the end have proven to be a mirage. Excessive optimism sows the seeds of its own reversal in the form of imbalances that tend to grow over time." Now that he has repeated his concern about soaring stock prices, the financial community will wait anxiously to see if he will take action to back...
...effective in reminding the U.S. government of the principles we once cherished but abandoned in China's case. Second, Clinton has a significant constituency of Cuban-American exiles who oppose Castro's government and no analogous core of exiled Chinese supporters. (In the latter case I may yet be proven wrong if allegations about Clinton's Asian campaign contributors are well-founded...
...could hear the motivational music thundering in the background, as Kelly had finally proven to herself and the Ivy League that she had arrived...
...prediction: no Web publisher will make money this year or even, maybe, the next few. This is an infant medium; it needs time to find its way. A print magazine can take five years and many millions of dollars before turning a profit, and that's in a proven market where people actually pay for content. We need courage if we're going to create something wonderful. The New Yorker nearly died in 1925, the year it was born. Indeed, it did die for one day, before its patron reconsidered. The magazine at the time had a paltry circulation...