Word: textbook
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...growth in the second quarter of 1990, many economists argue that the current slowdown already merits the title of recession. The pessimists gained a measure of support last week from a Federal Reserve report that noted that economic growth "was slow or had slackened" in June and July. "The textbook definition of recession doesn't matter," says Donald Straszheim, chief economist for Merrill Lynch. "The economy is so weak that it looks like a recession to an awful lot of people." Declares Rose Marie Moore, who was recently laid off from a Massachusetts textile mill: "I'm nervous and scared...
...would be overly optimistic to hope that the global encirclement of Saddam will serve as a model for coping with future regional conflicts. The world response to the Kuwaiti crisis is a special case because the stakes -- oil -- are so high and because Saddam has played such a textbook villain. No such unanimity could be expected if, for example, India invaded Pakistan, Senegal made a move on Gambia, or Bolivia rumbled into Paraguay. In effect, this first test of the post-cold war security structure is a relatively simple one. But that is all the more reason why the forces...
...that, the only place to go is still The Coop at 1400 Mass Ave. With a monopolistic stranglehold on textbook-seekers, The Coop is Harvard's inefficient overly-corporate attempt to run a department store. Don't be deceived by the Coop's three stories of book offerings, and don't be lured in by promises of an ever-diminishing membership rebate. The Coop's selection is utterly unremarkable. Shopping there for anything but textbooks--when there are so many fine bookstores in the Square--is downright criminal...
...Coop's third-floor texbook department is overpriced and unattractive, and only the truly cultivated Coop-shopper can make textbook selection fun: When shopping for this semester's textbooks, walk around and pick out all the great books required for courses you're not taking. Buy them instead. You'll be much happier...
...Forum official, objects that such specificity would demoralize his party's weaker candidates. Not if you don't identify which seats you fear losing, Galen explains. "All candidates are optimists," he says. "They'll think they're the ones who are going to win." Kulin's response is a textbook example of culture gap. "This may hold true for Americans," he says, "but candidates in Hungary would assume that they would lose. The Hungarian people are not used to being winners...