Word: signal
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Back and forth go the worries, while in reality the economy has been riding a fine line of perfection: slow growth, low inflation, steady profits. In retrospect it's clear that the constantly reversing worries were a signal that there was nothing to worry about. Bearing that out are stock market gains averaging 31% a year since 1995. One day there will actually be a problem, and rates will move up to crush inflation or down to rub out a recession. Either way, stocks will take a beating at some point in the cycle. But we're not there...
...some have noted growing numbers of students requesting to transfer between houses or move off-campus, and many others have simply observed a marked sense of student detachment from house life. Even worse, some tutors have witnessed a significant increase in the number of acts of vandalism, a potential signal of apathy...
...Neil got on the phone right away and urged[the coalition] to continue their battles," Rowesaid. "[We wanted it to be] a clear signal thatthe person in the center of the debate was onlygoing to redouble his efforts...
Another big (though counterintuitive) signal that executives believe stock prices have gone too high is the recent wave of bank megamergers. Little or no cash will change hands, only some high-priced stocks. Had any of the parties involved been required to lay out real money, they would have walked. Biderman also notes that the value of stock swaps relative to cash mergers is off the charts this year. "They don't want to buy shares with cash," he says of acquisitive CEOs. "They'd rather sell their own stock to make the deal." In similar fashion, companies now include...
...into the excavation site for the subway tunnel. So engrossed was he in this responsibility that he failed to notice when the 25-foot crane inexplicably began to teeter. A Cambridge patrolman shouted at Kelly to "get out of the way," but noise prevented him from hearing the warning signal. The unit toppled completely, and Kelly was buried beneath 15 tons of crane...