Word: turmoils
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Their expressions told the whole story of this season's emotional turmoil...
...fared better under Republicans than under Democrats. Stocks skyrocketed 129% under the Reagan Administration, for instance, in contrast to a measly 1% during the Carter years. The market has climbed 37% under Bush but has behaved erratically in recent months owing to a dismal U.S. economy and global currency turmoil. Although stocks reacted favorably last week in response to reports of higher corporate earnings, fewer jobless claims and signs of a rebound in housing, analysts say the market is looking forward to a change in the White House. Not so the bond market, which has enjoyed a 12-year reign...
...children during a 12-year rampage through southern Russia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. The prosecution presented chilling evidence of how the quiet, bespectacled former schoolteacher smashed his victims' eardrums, gouged out their eyes and then feasted on their sexual organs. As the sentence was read out, the courtroom erupted in turmoil, with one mother yelling, "Give him to us! Let us have...
Brown is not alone, and his question helps explain why the stock market has so far managed to avoid a crash despite enduring such woes as a weak economy and global currency turmoil. With interest rates at their lowest levels in decades, stocks have been practically the only game in town. Small investors by the millions have deserted certificates of deposit and money-market funds in favor of the higher potential returns on equities. Since 1990, individuals have shifted an estimated $100 billion out of stingy bank CDs into the stock market. More than a quarter of the $120 billion...
EVEN THOUGH FRANCE SAID OUI TO THE MAAStricht treaty on economic and political union, its voice was not hearty enough to still the turmoil in Europe. The majority for approval in last week's referendum was a sliver-thin 51%, which simply highlighted the doubts among ordinary citizens about the rapid course of European unification. Paris and Bonn still hope the treaty can go into effect by the end of the year as planned, but it seems unlikely that all 12 members of the European Community will be able to approve it by then...