Word: relics
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...were in check. Productivity had surged to levels not seen since the 1960s. Early last year the economy was on a luxury cruise ordering umbrella drinks. Conditions seemed so perfect that a new, more cocky breed of economist was arguing that the New Economy had changed history. Recession? A relic. Despite falling stock prices, this optimism continued into autumn, with one prestigious group of business economists predicting "solid growth ahead with no end to the expansion...
...future of domestic politics and the prospects for rebuilding Israeli national unity. William Safire, who brags that his pal Arik called him first after his victory speech, says Sharon's rise to power signals a "reinvigoration of Zionism." In today's "post-Zionist" world, can Sharon, a greying relic of a bygone era, really revive Israel's national spirit...
...perhaps this is a relic of my vantage point; the image I wake to this year is one of branches framing a skimmed path to the Yard. I cannot dissociate these two in my memory: the imposition of branches with its necessary fragmentation of the image, and the street with its incessant parade of students moving between the tree's spaces...
...pedagogical relic. (A shadow of equipage...
...seek retaliatory trade sanctions against the U.S. - and they'd probably win, meaning American business would ultimately bear the cost of the Helms-Burton legislation. The Europeans, Canadians and Latin Americans, of course, have little sympathy for Washington's Cuba policy, which they regard as an archaic relic of the Cold War. So Clinton simply repeatedly postponed a confrontation by using his waiver. But this week's waiver expires in July, at which point President George W. Bush would have to try his hand at reconciling the Helms-Burton act with Washington's obligations under international free-trade agreements. Republican...