Word: spurted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...reaching 1000 by year's end, a level it last reached on Dec. 31, 1976, when it closed at 1004.65. What is needed to keep the bull market charging ahead? One thing would be investor confidence that there will not be a rerun of the spurt in interest rates that nipped the January boom. Another spur would be broad recognition that stocks remain cheap, especially in comparison with real estate, gold and other assets. Ten years ago, one ounce of gold, then worth $35, would have bought a little more than one share of U.S. Steel, which then...
...that the Northeast in general and Cambridge in particular is in for an unprecedented period of economic rejuvenation. All the things that made cities like Cambridge unpalatable to companies 20 years ago--like population density--make them seem ideal in an age of fuel consciousness. And the high technology spurt demands scientists and engineers, two commodities Cambridge boasts in spades. But the opportunity here has a dark side, closely related to the housing problems. Some fear full-scale shifts in employment patterns--in a few years, they say, only people up for a Nobel Prize will be able to find...
...School's network of specialized research centers relentlessly churn out remedies for the nation's ills, and more research groups are planned for the future. The program of practitioner-training seminars, perhaps the school's favorite son among all of its prodigies, is also hitting the growth spurt of the Wonderbread years. In particular, the Senior Executive Fellows program (SEF) slotted for next fall, has many a K-School coordinator gleefully scheduling batteries of seminars and luncheons...
This acquisitive and creative spurt has pushed revenues from $911 million in 1975 to $2.5 billion last year. Says Munro: "I think the company is going to have to be somewhat more structured and somewhat more disciplined. Instead of being highly growth-oriented, I expect our emphasis will be on distribution of available capital and control of that capital...
...worse I do, the more popular I get," mused President John F. Kennedy, baffled by his spurt in the polls after the Bay of Pigs fiasco. Can Jimmy Carter make political gains from a military misfortune? The consensus among political experts is that he may in the short run because the country tends to rally round a President in a crisis, even a crisis that he has caused. But on reflection the voters are likely to conclude that once again Carter has failed. Said Theodore Lowi, a political science professor at Cornell: "History has proved that presidential support always improves...