Word: torrid
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Greenspan's goal is to slow the economy just enough to quell inflationary pressures resulting from torrid growth and rising wages. He pulled it off with a series of rate increases in 1994. Still, economic engineering is inexact. The risk is that he'll overstep, slowing things to the point where consumers disappear, corporate profits tumble and layoffs mount. It's a legitimate fear voiced by a growing number of Greenspan detractors...
BRANDON ON THE BLOCK The show is over--let the bidding begin! After 10 long, torrid years, the hit TV sitcom Beverly Hills, 90210 is in its final season on Fox. But bereaved fans can console themselves at AsSeenIn.com a website that's putting costumes, props and sets from the show up for auction online. Among the big-ticket items are Dylan's 1963 Triumph motorcycle, a Betsey Johnson dress worn by Donna, and a jukebox, right, from the characters' perennial hangout, the Peach Pit. The bidding begins May 1. Proceeds go to the Cosmetic Surgery Fund for Aging Teen...
...days for the possibility that she would have to go to Miami, look the family in the eye and demand that they obey the law. It was testimony to her nerve and to her confidence that her 15 years as a Miami prosecutor had taught her to handle the torrid politics of her hometown. And Reno, who has no children, sees herself as their special advocate. It still haunts her that within weeks of taking office in 1993, she relied on other people's advice in handling the standoff in Waco, Texas, which ended in a disaster that killed about...
...NASDAQ rose 3.4%. That may only strengthen Greenspan's resolve. To be sure, the economy has been dangerously robust the past couple of quarters. And the gross domestic product is expected to rise 4.1% this year, well ahead of the Fed's presumed "speed limit" of around 3.5%. The torrid growth rate is what Greenspan cites most often when justifying rate increases...