Word: speeding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...course it couldn't last. In late 1996 the warp-speed growth in many of these nations began to slow--an inevitable turn in the business cycle. But the stutter was enough to panic a few investors, who headed for the exits. That set off a rapid spiral of defaults that became known as the Asian Contagion. Thailand's problems quickly became Indonesia's, then Korea's, in a dangerous daisy chain that is still looping together--witness last month's shuddering devaluation of the Brazilian real...
...speed of the collapse, when it came, was breathtaking, and proof that world markets had entered a new and much more volatile phase. Summers has a favorite analogy: "Global capital markets pose the same kinds of problems that jet planes do. They are faster, more comfortable, and they get you where you are going better. But the crashes are much more spectacular...
...study released last week, cited the billions of dollars being spent by companies like Sprint on their own high-speed voice and data networks, saying that such robust competition "will lead, in the near future, to greater deployment of this capability." In other words, more people will get better wires cheaper and faster. And that's good news...
...than his novels, the script is incredibly tight. Here, DeLillo's inexperience as a playwright shines through: as several reviews have evidenced, the play is too densely constructed for much of the audience to understand in a single viewing. DeLillo's brilliant use of words is wasted by the speed at which they are spoken. Repeated viewings, however, bring to light connective strands of the plot; the script is a sheer pleasure to read...
...days, it took up to eight salon visits to get a deep glow, but today, special lotions can accelerate the tanning process by 30 percent. Also, the Turbo Tanning Bed, available at Tanning, Etc. for $35 a session, delivers a coveted vacationed look with record-breaking speed...