Word: turmoils
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...grew up in the rural town of Akron, N.Y., 25 miles east of Buffalo. By the time Paxon was a teenager, he was volunteering on the campaigns of local G.O.P. candidates and subscribing to the National Review--proof that he was conservative way before it was cool. The turmoil of the late 1960s only hardened his political views; when the 130 high school seniors at St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute in Buffalo registered to vote in 1972, Paxon was one of only two who registered Republican. He was, he remembers proudly, "the only one with a Nixon poster...
...Australian police, however, dismissed the notion, and signs of inner pain quickly emerged. A bottle of Prozac, the antidepressant, was found in the singer's hotel room. And on his last night, his father Kelland saw a young man in some turmoil. Professionally, Hutchence had watched INXS's last album fail, and suffered the indignity of young rockers like Noel Gallagher of Oasis dismissing him as a has-been. During dinner at Flavour of India, the elder Hutchence told Michael, "Son, I'm worried about you." The singer replied that he was "fine," but barely touched his food, opting...
...brighter still without the currency crises in Southeast Asia that have thrown economies and financial markets into chaos. Though the 7% break in the U.S. stock market on Oct. 27 was "a greatly exaggerated reaction," in the words of Robert Hormats, vice chairman of Goldman Sachs International, the turmoil will hurt American exports and the profits of U.S. companies heavily invested there. But strong growth at home and in other big U.S. markets--Canada, Mexico and Europe--should offset much of the damage...
...Money Daily takes a look at one measure in particular: the NASDAQ, battered by turmoil in the semiconductor industry. A tech slump may be here to stay...
Since Carey's union learned of his ouster, the race to take his place in the upcoming election has seemed headed for turmoil. Top contenders include George Cashman, who heads a large Boston local, and Ken Hall, a chief negotiator in the UPS strike last summer. Front runner Tom Leedham, who heads the Teamsters' warehouse division, has the backing of the influential Teamsters for a Democratic Union. But Hoffa charged last week that contributors like Gail Zappa--wife of rock singer Frank Zappa--had made contributions to the reform group that were arranged by the Democratic National Committee. That brought...