Word: upward
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that of Mexico: "I looked at the sleeping Diana. She lived in the world of instantaneous gratification... A Mexican, no matter how much he travels the world, is anchored in a society of need." Fueled by a life of gratification, North Americans have an irrational but insatiable desire for upward mobility. According to Fuentes, they never experienced an equivalent of the Middle Ages, when permanence of station was the only expectation. Thus, American ambition for power leads to nothing but jealous destruction of any and all who are in high positions. It is hard to criticize Fuentes for his unkind...
...much as a politician can be one, Bob Dole is a Lifer. He has represented Kansas in Congress continuously since 1960, sticking to it and through the years steadily moving upward. His virtues are the Lifer virtues of constancy, leadership, persistence and credit sharing. He is often charged with changing his views too readily. The honest answer to that, which he can never give, would be: Life isn't about what your views are; it's about what you get done. Having positions on issues, especially social issues like abortion and gay rights that aren't central to the ongoing...
Against Dartmouth the sixth seeded player also did not play, forcing additional upward shifts. Despite players competing at higher seeds, the victory against Dartmouth should have been a bit easier...
...interest rates spurred stocks higher Wednesday. The Dow Jones industrial average continued its upward surge, gaining 14.09 points to close at 5,395.30. The New York Stock Exchange composite index rose 2.75 to end the day at 340.03. On the Big Board, advancers led decliners 1,578 to 824, with 712 unchanged. Volume was heavy, with 472.06 million shares traded. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite index rose 6.51 points to end the day at 1,057.81. The Standard & Poor's 500 stocks gained 5.86 to close at 636.01. The American Stock Exchange market value index rose...
...rituals of campaign populism, in which the candidates don windbreakers and stage photo-ops with obliging factory hands before rushing back to the $1,000-a-plate fund-raising dinners where they commiserate with the big-money guys about those pesky "labor costs" and the need to accelerate the upward redistribution of wealth...