Word: walls
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this haunted house, you would note how sad and uncomfortable it makes you feel. The place is destroyed and not destroyed; it is both the ghost and the living thing. Its overgrown lawn is as thick as thatch. Its chimney tips like a cocked hat. At dusk its side wall, blasted by the dying autumn light, shows in a fierce and pathetic white--a burn victim in a sheet...
...Remnick tells it, Clay learned the uses of confusion by age 12, when he tied on his first gloves and discovered that his mother Odessa's serenity combined with his daddy Cassius Sr.'s maddening braggadocio sold tickets, captivated journalists and drove opponents clear up the wall. The phrase "I am the greatest" seems to have been almost Ali's first words, but the joke was that the words were absolutely true. The sweet little motormouth from Louisville, Ky., was about to become the greatest fighter in history, fast as a flyweight, strong...
...Wall Street swings to extremes in a flash. For years portfolio managers have worried about the spectre of runaway inflation, as employment and incomes threatened to power into sixth gear. Now, after a summer of turbulence, they have become convinced that the economy won't weather the quick downshift. They are jettisoning the stocks and bonds of any companies that could stumble if the decade-old expansion turns to recession. But what happens if that severe slowdown doesn't hit? What if the Fed won't let it happen and moves aggressively to cut rates? Then Wall Street will have...
...look in your laundry room or garage. The value in today's market lies not in "defensive" names--the Mercks and the Proctor & Gambles, which are priced dearly on recession fears--but rather in stocks and bonds of companies that need a strong economy to push them higher. Wall Street's newfound pessimism could give you a chance to buy these normally "risky" instruments at prices at which the risk is more than amply compensated and nothing lies ahead but reward...
...night, the tension peaked. According to Klein, the stereo next door was playing loudly, so Klein banged on the wall, an action he considered a sort of international symbol for `turn down the music.' The volume remained constant, so Klein banged again...