Word: steams
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...possible signal that a former Harvard cook's drawn-out battle to win back his job is running out of steam, the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) this summer dismissed the cook's complaint of on-the-job harassment and racial discrimination...
...pave the way for stronger growth by 1995. Weary Americans might be forgiven, however, for thinking the promised land is still a long way off. "Lower interest rates won't do it alone for us or for our dealers," says Allan Gilmour, vice chairman of Ford Motor Co. "Their steam has just about run out. The economy's biggest problem is that it needs an igniter to get the whole thing going." President Clinton tried that with his deficit-spending proposal to boost the economy earlier this year, but his attempt stirred little public enthusiasm and was defeated by Congress...
...steam, the Rockies boom has its pitfalls and built-in limitations. For one thing, it cannot go on forever in the continued absence of a general economic recovery. "The longer the national doldrums persist, the more susceptible we'll be," says Behrmann. "We're not an island. We may be a refuge. We can weather the storm. But we're not immune." For another, the region's scarcity of water poses as much of a challenge as it always has. The northern tier of Montana, Idaho and Wyoming, with plentiful rivers and low population density, expects no problem satisfying...
...yard in North Platte, Nebraska. These experiences called up memories of his Iowa childhood and his long romance with railroads: "I remember as a four-year-old hearing the train whistle on a winter morning and pressing my nose against an icy windowpane to catch a glimpse of a steam engine chugging past our house...
What has chiefly brought Americans back to the showrooms is a pent-up demand for new cars. Many consumers who had been waiting for the recovery to pick up steam before replacing their autos now find they can't wait anymore. A record 71% of 10-year-old cars are still chugging along U.S. roads and highways, up from 59% a decade ago. "The bottom-of-the-food-chain cars and trucks are wearing out," says Chrysler president Robert Lutz. "The market is being driven by replacement demand more than by the growth of new buyers." William Pochiluk, president...