Word: spike
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Harvard finally managed to put the game away, 16-14, on a Vince Marin ace and a booming spike by sophomore outside hitter Albert Kim which brought the fans to their feel. With the match knotted at two games apiece, the Crimson appeared to have enough momentum going into the deciding contest for a come-from-behind victory...
...Meyer cautioned that mere day-to-day fluctuations in the price of oil would have little effect on such assets. "Harvard holdings are influenced by the forward [long-term] price of oil," Meyer said. "Even if you get a big spike in the current price, the forward price will stay in the twenties...
...avert it? My recommendation would be to spike the water with Prozac. Just mix it in with the fluoride. I'm serious! Highly diluted, of course, and tapering off after just a few months, as soon as we get off this gloom-and- doom kick. Because more than we'd like to think, economic and financial swings are creatures of fuzzy, nonquantitative things like psychology, confidence and the national mood...
...this is easier said than done, especially when people are feeling glum (and when the elderly vote and preschoolers don't), so I say, spike the water...
...then Perez was out of office, with plenty of time to ponder a lesson for the future. "A price spike is bad for everybody, producers and consumers alike," he says. "It is worst for developing countries that have oil, because they tend to go on a binge of happy-go-lucky indebtedness." Since returning to the presidency in early 1989, Perez has reined in government spending, reduced subsidies and tried to stimulate growth by easing restrictions on foreign trade and investment. He hopes that with infusions of capital from abroad, Venezuelan firms will be better able to sell their goods...