Word: slump
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Japan, a weak dollar and a powerful yen are a decidedly mixed blessing. Yen strength amounts to a vote of confidence in the Japanese economy, which, after a decade-long slump, is at last beginning to show signs of life. The renewed activity has sucked in U.S. and other foreign money for 33 of the past 35 weeks, driving up the Nikkei stock market average some 25% so far this year. The problem is that Japanese corporate profits are also heavily dependent on exports, which can rapidly become too expensive for foreign consumers as the yen appreciates. Indeed, big exporters...
...senior forward displayed his talent over the next month-and-a-half as the Crimson put together an 8-4-1 record starting with Nebraska. He picked up the slack as nagging injuries put Moore into a mini-slump...
Through a happy coincidence, Danny Pintauro, currently in a mid-career slump, will also be free to teach this semester. This former geek and cast member of runaway TV success "Who's the Boss," leapt up in the air and identified himself as "the boss" when offered the chance to instruct...
Having heard from the Fed exactly what they expected to ?- that creeping inflation pressures necessitated a rate hike of a quarter-point (25 BASYS points) but no nudge in the now-neutral bias -? the markets may now exhale, slump a little, and get back to fundamentals. "The good news is that Greenspan remains ahead of the curve, acting promptly to hold down inflation just like he said he would," says TIME senior economics reporter Bernard Baumohl. "But the markets had their rally Monday ?- and most of the time it?s ?buy on the rumor, sell on the news...
...interiors--the insides of vans, apartments, bunk beds--it has a stuffy, caged-heat vibe, sharing with Eyes the suggestion that if you leave two people alone in a room, they'll be tempted to start rutting like rabbits. Take Dave and Katie, a couple in a sexual slump. Katie shags a bartender while Dave sleeps nearby, and for an encore she beds the waitress Dave brings home as revenge...