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Manufacturing output and employment are being hurt by the rise in imports and drop in exports. But, Reaser points out, manufacturing "accounts for less than one-fifth of the total U.S. economy." Rising consumer spending has kept the other 80% growing, thanks in her opinion largely to the "wealth effect"--that is, the tendency of rising stock prices to make people feel richer and able to spend freely, even if many of their gains remain on paper. Reaser notes that retail sales rose strongly early in 1998 along with the booming market, faltered in late summer as stock prices dived...
...here at Let's Go: Home have developed the following guide to help you make the most of your time at Home. The natives of Home, although sometimes criticized by visitors as hostile, are actually quite hospitable. However, to avoid tensions with the natives, visitors should come prepared for total immersion in the local customs...
Dartmouth (3-3, 0-0,) is coming off a stellar performance, defeating the University of New Hampshire (2-5, 0-1 America East), 92-79, last Sunday. Dartmouth's total of 92 points was the first 90-plus game since the 1994-95 season...
Academic book publishers have already felt thatincrease--total domestic net sales grew at anaverage annual rate of 12.8 percent from 1994 to1996, Arthur said...
...same point to me some months ago about life in the oceans; we yearn for Mars, a planet as good as dead, and know so little of life on Earth. To date we have identified between 1.5 million and 1.7 million species, but the best guesses put the total number of the planet's species at between 5 million and 15 million, and it could be as high as 100 million. "How can we talk about extinction rates," Mittermeier asks, "unless we know what we're dealing with...