Word: quietness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...even 5,600 miles from eBay's San Jose headquarters, he remains the quiet guiding spirit behind the company. Over a few coffees, he set out his personal philosophy--libertarian, communitarian and a bit New Agey. It's a world view that's evident in eBay's headquarters and throughout what Omidyar likes to call the "eBay experience...
...interest rates have remained relatively low. The stock market remains at record levels, and productivity grew twice as fast in the 1990s as it did in the 1980s. No one person, of course, can claim credit for this performance, but over the past dozen years, Greenspan's quiet confidence and masterly control of the nation's money supply have done much to convince consumers and Congress that the investment-driven economic growth is real. Although Chairman Greenspan will be 74 when his third term expires next June, the job remains his for the asking. As presidential contender John McCain suggested...
...countries. Bin Laden is drawing on new financial backers to supplement his personal fortune and the profits that Clarke says he reaps from heroin sales, and he has drawn a diverse crew of adherents from Libya to the Philippines. "He has an indigenous base in each country that stays quiet," says Clarke. "When assault teams come into the country, there's support there. It's a very different type of terrorism than we've ever seen before...
...Erin Magee toiled in obscurity at Boston College, but she has always had soft hands and she can really handle the puck in tight quarters," Smith said. "She's been quiet this year because I've been stressing her to work on defense, but it's nice to see her get more comfortable on the offensive...
...point Harris gets very quiet. His parents have probably noticed that he's become distant, withdrawn lately--but it's been for their own good. "I don't want to spend any more time with them," he says. "I wish they were out of town so I didn't have to look at them and bond more...