Word: staids
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...early '50s, when he reported on the first stirrings of Japan's postwar economic rebirth. This week Gibney follows in his father's journalistic footsteps, watching Japan climb out of economic doldrums and prepare for a critical election. This is a time of unusual ferment in the normally staid nation, says Gibney. "The story isn't so much about next week's election as it is about a country in search of a future...
...Even the staid Cambridge dons from A Room of One's Own understood the power of food to feed the minds of men. Feed your mind, your soul and your heart tonight with the gentle rapture of a good meal and good company. Harvard will be much better...
...Robison deseves high praise for her sensitive and innovative arrangement and for throwing a little verve into the often staid domain of classical music...
Like many others just beyond the bustling camera crews and staid Secret Service agents outside Bushnell Theater, Rivera bitterly suggested that neither the debate nor the election would change things in his neighborhood...
PUTNAM INVESTMENTS, Boston; 800-225-1581. The recent performance of this venerable company, which runs more than 90 funds, is anything but staid. Putnam owes its success in part to its rigorous research and its collaboration between analysts and groups of managers. Its equity funds, such as the high-flying New Opportunities Fund, are among the best performing funds overall in the business...