Word: pushing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Harris chair of economics at Northwestern University, thinks profits may be hit even harder, though he offers no numbers. His explanation: labor shortages caused by the past boom are still severe and likely to remain so even with a slowdown in the growth of output. That condition will push up wages faster than companies will be able to raise either prices or productivity--that is, output per hour. Productivity is in fact already sliding, as it usually does at this late stage of a business expansion, the increasing computerization of the economy notwithstanding. Even such computer enthusiasts as board members...
...from barely noticeable to modestly influential. Despite being the fastest-growing, best-educated and most affluent minority group in America, Asians have traditionally been somewhat diffident when it comes to politics. Nearly two-thirds of Asians in the U.S. are immigrants, many from countries with checkered democratic traditions; most push their kids to become doctors and engineers, not lawmakers. Many saw the 1996 campaign-finance scandal as a Yellow Peril witch-hunt. One Indian aspirant for a House seat in Indiana, R. Nag Nagarajan, lost in the spring primary mainly because, a local Democratic official said, "his name conjures...
...important thing," says TV's Homer Simpson to his daughter, "is for your mother to repress what happened, push it deep down inside her so she'll never annoy us again." Though he may not grasp all the nuances, Homer turns out to be just another disciple of Sigmund Freud. That, at least, is one of the revelations to be found in "Sigmund Freud: Conflict and Culture," the largest ever exhibition on the founder of modern psychology, set to open next week at the Library of Congress in Washington. Along with some 200 TV and film clips that document Freud...
...talk about timing. This push comes as the Administration remains locked in a yearlong battle with Congress over Clinton's request for $18 billion for the cash-strapped IMF. The outcome is still uncertain but crucial because other countries may not contribute their share of funding until the U.S. acts. Washington's failure to do so would be viewed as a sign of growing U.S. isolationism that could further shake markets and whip up protectionist sentiment, adding to the pressure for currency controls. Says Clinton: "This country has got to lead...
Still, that constant push will add 15 to 20 m.p.h. daily to DS1's speed. "It takes three days to get to 60 m.p.h.," says Rayman, "but if you thrust for 300 days, you're up to 6,000 m.p.h. I like to call it 'acceleration with patience...