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What makes this economy even more unusual is that productivity has risen through the slump and continues to be strong in the recovery. In every other postwar recession and in the early part of most recoveries, productivity slumped because production dropped faster than employment. This time, companies were quick to shed workers and have been slow to hire them back. Those who have jobs are working harder and more efficiently, with better technology. Productivity, or output per worker, rose 8.3% in the first quarter and 5.5% the quarter before that...
...well. Some have mastered the cry so intense that it produces uncontrollable violent hiccups. Or they have perfected the subtle silent cry, complete with an open mouth, a beet-red face, and a bobbing of the head that makes one’s sobs vibrate in pitch. Others just slump their shoulders and assume an air of gloom—I can’t go on without you, you don’t know how much you meant to me, the end is near, I’ll never be the same ever again...
...coaching staff desperately searched for a way out of the slump, juggling the team’s offensive lineup and imploring the players to work more as a team...
...last time the music business fell into a slump, Madonna was a Cyndi Lauper wannabe, the theme from Miami Vice was a No. 1 hit and the rising star known as Prince still had a name that didn't look like a typo. The year was 1985, and although shipments of recorded music were down 4%, the worst the industry had to worry about--hair spray and tight pants aside--was that some listeners liked to mix their own cassette tapes with favorite tunes from the latest Phil Collins or Duran Duran albums. Record companies dealt with this casual piracy...
...things has to happen for Summers’ image to improve among students: either we have to get over it, or he has to change his habits. If he doesn’t surmount the communication barrier, he’s headed for a sophomore slump. If he can alter his perception on campus, perhaps we can finally begin to take advantage of our newly prominent seat at the University’s table...