Word: waited
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...White House admits it has no grand strategy for pushing its climate-change initiatives on Capitol Hill, other than to wait for the evolving science and climbing temperatures to overwhelm the critics. Instead the Administration is concentrating on energy efficiency, which President Clinton calls a "win-win" approach, arguing that it is a win for the environment as well as the economy. But it also has political drawbacks--offending such traditional Democratic constituencies as the miners who could lose their jobs if the demand for coal drops, and rallying the opposition of powerful industries like oil and the utilities, which...
Guests at the Sheraton Tara could just sit and wait, hang out in the bar, look around emptily and hug one another for a long time. Neighbors tied yellow ribbons around the trees and telephone poles near the compound. "We were thinking today would be the fun part of living next door to the Kennedys," said neighbor Carolyn Quinn. Late in the afternoon the caterers left, their uniforms still on hangers in cleaner bags...
...Internet, where they struck gold. More than a month before the Prisoner of Azkaban was available even in Britain, the Henderson-Nolds had ordered it from amazon.com's British subsidiary, amazon.co.uk, for about $19, including shipping. The book landed a few days ago, but it was a long wait. "Nick knew that July 8 date," says Susan, laughing. "It was impressed in his head...
...want to wait for the next recession in the U.S.? Consider buying Japanese auto stocks now. The economy there is bad but not getting worse. And Toyota, Honda and Nissan are well positioned to benefit from the next hot vehicle--the car-SUV hybrid. The bell ringer in that group is the Lexus RX300, which has seen sales explode 150% this year. It's built on a car frame, not a truck frame, yet sits above traffic, satisfying the No. 1 reason consumers give for buying an SUV. Swapping U.S. for Japanese car stocks isn't unpatriotic...
...show an amazing performance by capturing high points and leaving out subsequent declines. The review is being driven by the performance of Internet stocks such as Yahoo and America Online, whose gyrations can make some fund managers look like a genius on Monday and stupid by Friday. Don't wait for the Fed to help. Check out the ads carefully...