Word: rising
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that point, they were moved into Eliot or Kirkland, where they had to make their own beds (the other houses had room service), go to bed at 10 p.m. and rise at 6 a.m. for morning runs and drills...
...that can be towed to a destination behind most any car and then cranked up to full size. A University of Michigan study found that RV ownership has grown by an average of 100,000 a year since the middle of the past decade, and forecasts that demand will rise to 135,000 a year for the next 15 years...
Motor homes, on the other hand, start at about $40,000 with basic home furnishings and rise majestically to $750,000. That's a little steep for a three-week holiday, but rolling palaces are rentable at $100 or so a day, the average charged by Cruise America, the country's largest rental outfit. Rented or purchased, RVs represent a way for families to keep travel, accommodation and food costs within a defined budget. More important, RVers can go where they want to, when they want to--no motels, no airports, no planning. And life on the road lends itself...
...answers, when he can't, and never will. Steering the economy via short-term interest rates--the Fed's job--is art, not science. That helps explain how Greenspan could see the stock market as irrationally inflated in December but be less concerned today, even though stocks continue to rise. Like Picasso, he might be into a new phase. But it's a sure bet that the Fed's brush will miss the canvas at some point. Why? Even basic economic readings are hotly debated. There are no guideposts. And that gets me back to what economists don't know...
...hard-liner's justification for enlargement is harsh: What better time to kick an opponent than when he's down? Russia is weak; the new Eastern and Central European democracies are fragile; Russia has the resources and, historically, the inclination to rise and threaten again. So now is the time to shelter those nervous fledglings of the former Soviet bloc so they can thrive under NATO's protective wing. As an added benefit, supervised membership may even ease regional hostilities that have destabilized Central Europe for generations. Then, if Russia keeps democratizing and ultimately proves to be no menace...