Word: spikeness
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...from time to time, things do snap. And Summers' argument in 1986 was that unemployment in Europe, the sort that might persist in the face of growth, was an expression of an economy that had snapped. Europe's economy was hit not only by shocks like an oil-price spike, a productivity collapse and rocketing tax rates but also by stubborn unions that made hiring, firing and adjusting payrolls near impossible...
Spurred by class reunion gift committees, Harvard did see a spike in donations during May and June, contributing to 20 percent of the annual amount, but the increase was still noticeably smaller than last year’s levels, Rogers explained...
...possible for everybody who’s facing layoffs to be placed.” Jaeger conjectured that the upswing in job postings may be the result of delaying postings to provide a safety net for those who might later face layoffs. But when asked about the hiring spike, University spokesman Kevin Galvin pointed out that the number of jobs currently available at Harvard is 30 percent less than a year ago, and that Harvard hiring is cyclical and tends to be higher during the academic year. Galvin emphasized that laid off union workers will receive full pay and benefits...
...occurring as we inhale unclean air. First, the fine matter triggers changes in the central nervous system, causing a switch from the more controlled regulation of body processes to a more instinctive, automatic fight-or-flight response. This revs up the heartbeat and causes blood pressure to spike as the body may be responding to the presence of foreign, potentially dangerous particles in the air. (See pictures of the world's most polluted places...
...heated discussion on the weekend before the 2004 election, in which Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Attorney General John Ashcroft made their case in vain to raise the terrorism threat level. Ridge now admits that he thought political calculation might have been at play. (Polls supporting Bush tended to spike when the terrorism threat level went up.) But he is not about to accuse either Rumsfeld or Ashcroft of letting politics cloud their judgment. "I'm not trying to second-guess two colleagues whose service I respect," he says...