Word: spirited
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...spirit endured through the '90s and the 2000s, all the way until the fall of 2008, like an awesome winning streak in Vegas that went on and on and on. American-style capitalism triumphed, and thanks to FedEx and the Web, delayed gratification itself came to seem quaint and unnecessary. So what if every year since the turn of the century the U.S. economy grew more slowly than the global economy? Stuff at Wal-Mart and Costco and money itself stayed supercheap! Even 9/11, which supposedly "changed everything," and the resulting Iraqi debacle came to seem like mere bumps...
...increase to "teenagers who lack proper education and are corrupted." Ky said he would like to see police provided with more sophisticated equipment in order to protect themselves, but he added that the "attitude of some police officials sometimes is not appropriate. Police have to work in the spirit of serving the people. They must have proper behavior...
...Parliament is today here assembled to deal with this unfinished business of the nation, to remove a great stain from the nation's soul, and in a true spirit of reconciliaton to open a new chapter in the history of this great land, Australia." - Delivering a historic apology to Australia's Aborigines. (New York Times, February...
...India's hesistance to adopt an entrepreneurial spirit: "When it comes to the full force of Indian regulation, India is still not a very business-friendly country, and we rank far below Pakistan and China in the ease of doing business. The regulations that remain hurt the small entrepreneur and the first-time businessman the hardest. Money in particular has been a touchy subject...
...French are missing the point, says Val Smith, chairman of the International Wine and Spirit Record, a London-based market-research company. "It's a totally unnecessary fight," he says. "But it is symbolic of the lack of confidence that many French winemakers feel at the moment. They are struggling in the face of competition, and if there is anything they can do to make things difficult for New World wines, they will...