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...find it slightly??disturbing that TIME didn't use its Olympic reporting to counter all the hype about how well the American athletes would do in Torino. Athletes from all over the world should get credit for their achievements. To focus so much attention on U.S. athletes instead of recognizing the top individuals in each contest is narrow-minded. I find it only fitting that some of the prominent U.S. competitors underperformed. I would have preferred a little less cheering for your home team...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Mar. 20, 2006 | 3/12/2006 | See Source »

...been tight money. The market frequently falls before recessions and rises when they occur; thus a 1970 recession would not necessarily make stock prices fall further. But it will be hard for stocks to rally briskly until credit is eased. Economists generally expect that interest rates will taper off slightly???perhaps by 1% or a bit more?as production and demand slacken in the year ahead, but that they will stay fairly close to their historic highs for as far ahead as anyone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: THE RISING RISK OF RECESSION | 12/19/1969 | See Source »

...slightly???5%. 5. Down sharply. 65. The area where the 1953 volume of building was larger than the combined 1952 total of Chicago, Detroit, Houston, Dallas, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Denver, Baltimore and Boston is: 1. Miami. 4. Pacific Northwest. 2. Los Angeles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Time News Quiz: State of the Union | 2/22/1954 | See Source »

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