Word: ued
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...mystique that the University exists as a world unto itself. This newspaper, for example, has unswervingly cowtowed to the "politically correct" beliefs of the moment for most of the past 35 years. But every time The Crimson appends a class year onto a Harvard graduate or capitalizes the "u" in University, it lends strengthens the idea that Harvard places an indelible stamp on the forehead of all those who cross its path...
...interview right after his honeymoon, got the job two days later, and was in a U-Haul heading to Boston within the week...
...boom-and-bust cycles are sharply affecting U.S. housing prices, which reflect regional economic health. In Houston, gone are the bad-old-days of the mid-1980s when U-Haul trucks streamed out of town as unemployment rose above 12%. A combination of stable oil prices and the arrival of new businesses has sparked a rebound in Houston home values. At the same time, Northeast housing prices are sinking and the explosive growth of California home prices has begun to cool...
...cost conflict is particularly acute for the U.S. drug industry, which continues to dominate the $130 billion world pharmaceutical market. Although the global industry has always boasted its share of non-U.S. giants, such as Switzerland's Ciba-Geigy and West Germany's Bayer AG, American firms average 40% of their sales outside the country. This year's three biggest drug-company mergers all involved U.S. companies. Bristol-Myers (1988 sales: $6 billion) joined Squibb of Princeton, N.J. ($2.6 billion); Philadelphia's SmithKline Beckman ($3 billion) merged with Britain's Beecham ($3 billion); Merrell Dow ($1.3 billion) of Midland...
...coach there. The starters ranged from 6'5" to 6'9". The reserves were even bigger. They wore snazzy flourescent green-and-black warm-ups. They had a nationally ranked cheerleading squad. They had a seven-woman song-and-dance troupe performing a routine to MC Hammer's "U Can't Touch This" during time-outs. You don't see that kind of thing at Briggs Cage...