Word: stretch
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...this to say that FlyBy will probably still stop by, if for nothing else than to stock up on free goodies. (Yoga mats, anyone?) But with wintry temperatures and two snow/rain storms barreling towards the Northeast this weekend, even that may be a stretch...
...course, figuring out when, exactly, this stretch will end, is an exercise in future-predicting most investors would be well advised to sit out. Even the experts are struggling with it. As Sam Stovall, Standard & Poor's chief investment strategist, recently wrote: "The U.S. equity market's advance continues to befuddle those who are waiting for a sizable price decline before putting their money back to work...
...volatile weather patterns predicted by the IPCC are already beginning to show in India. The Doni river, a 93-mile stretch of water in north Karnataka has come to be known as "the Yellow River of Bijapur," after China's Hwang Ho. While the Chinese river is infamous for its sudden changes in course, the Indian version, whose water many consider no longer fit for human consumption, is gaining notoriety for its unpredictable nature - flash floods one day, barely a trickle the next. "We need to find a way of storing the excess water and using it through the rest...
...from 48th to 66th. Its sister name, Juanita, fell through the floor, plummeting from 792nd place to 1,002nd in the same period. Guillermo lost more than 100 spots between 1998 and 2008, sliding from No. 369 to 470. Angelica crashed from 109th place to 257th in the same stretch; Manuel has gone from 147th to 186th...
Harvard’s Ivy League record is now 0-2, and the team has a long stretch of conference games ahead. Ono Horn echoed Ingersoll’s sentiments, saying that the team will continue to improve as it tries to rack up some wins in the upcoming weeks...