Word: towards
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...companies at good prices, as one sector after another rapidly rotates from favored to hated. Now in the doghouse, for no good reason, are the banks. Two weeks ago, mutual funds and other big investors decided these stocks had become "must owns," given the Federal Reserve's new bias toward easier credit. Shares of the Chases and Citigroups were flying out the door. An index of bank stocks peaked in July at 932, then plummeted to 592 in early October before vaulting back to 789 on Nov. 5, after the Fed's second rate...
...lately had the courage to overcome my cowardice and come out. I am now able to accept my place in society honestly and openly, even though I live a celibate life and do not expect that to change. Every event of hate like this can only take us back toward the darkness of our earlier ignorance. COLIN HEWENS Katikati, New Zealand...
...federation's new uniform standards went into effect this month. Women's shirts "must follow the body line," say the regulations. And women's shorts "must be tight in waist and length," with a maximum inseam of 5 cm and "cut in at least a 30[degrees] angle toward the top of the leg." No ruling on tans...
...months ago, after the President admitted to a dalliance with Monica Lewinsky, Jones took that as vindication of her own claim that Clinton made a sexual advance toward her in 1991. She then dropped her demand for an apology, a key reason why earlier settlement talks had foundered. Last Friday, after negotiations complicated by a million-dollar sweetener from eccentric New York millionaire Abe Hirschfeld, Jones settled the case for $850,000--a tidy premium over the $700,000 she sought when she brought...
Though that scene isn't with us yet, it's feeling eerily close. Standards for room-to-room PC networking and the conversant appliance continue to creep toward the mainstream (and each other). Madison Avenue's trumpets blare for bold (and still overpriced) idiot-box breakthroughs like high-definition television (HDTV) and $15,000 gas-plasma sets that cling to the wall like framed art. Still, 1998 was a year for improvements...