Word: solidities
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Real peace must be built on a solid understanding of another nation's ideas, not on an appreciation of the diplomatic personalities of that nation. The fear is that at any one time, certain personalities may clash or get along...
Harvard also got 28 solid minutes and seven assists out of sophomore guard Damian Long...
...have been cruising along under the fuzzy notion that the '90s are different, that an economy with seemingly rock-solid fundamentals could withstand the buffeting of currency crises in countries half a world away. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, who likes this kind of excitement about as much as he does a rash, carefully reinforced his long-held belief that the Nirvana-like state of low unemployment and steady growth that correlates with his tenure can be sustained by riding herd on inflation. Said he: "Our economy has enjoyed a lengthy period of good economic growth, linked, not coincidentally...
...trouble. The markets in emerging Asia had been sliding for several months--a year in the case of Thailand. Those markets were down 20% to 40% even before the Monday panic. Somewhat suddenly a few weeks ago, the selling spread to more seasoned Hong Kong--the East's most solid economy--whose stock market declined 18% in the week leading to America's market problems. When the U.S. market finally buckled on Oct. 24, the stage had been set for a massive case of the jitters. As the week began, the selling resumed in the Far East, the first markets...
...unstable, unloyal, technologically isolating world, it's the solid values, sturdy connections and safe harbors of yesteryear that resonate. Dinner parties are better than dance clubs, and settling down beats swinging free. "I'm amazed at how quickly I went from the bar culture to intimate dinner parties," says Mark Toft, 26, a writer who lives in St. Louis, Mo., with his wife Beth. "Nesting means you get to trade a crazy public space for a place where you can define...