Word: waved
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...banks' moves spur a closing rally. The Dow winds up at 1841.01, a climb of 102.27 points. Trading breaks Monday's volume record. At the bell, Phelan waves from a balcony overlooking the floor. Relieved traders wave back and cheer...
After a calm morning, a rumor wafts through the exchange: Iran is about to accept a cease-fire in its gulf war with Iraq. High-tech stocks like Matsushita and Fujitsu take off. But the Japanese government cannot confirm the report, and stocks retreat. In the final hour, a wave of panic selling drives the index down by 1203.23 points, to 23,201.22. It is Tokyo's second worst one-day beating ever...
More than seven weeks after a series of dry lightning storms ignited a wave of fires across the West, thousands of weary fire fighters remain on the lines, battling a dangerous combination of flame, smoke and exhaustion. So far, at least ten people have died. In one tragic incident, a five-person "helitack" team was dropped by helicopter into a remote spot in Northern California and promptly overrun by fire before it could be rescued. The terrified team members quickly crawled into the fire-resistant shelters strapped around their waists, but 31-year-old D. Lee Cullins, of Arcata, Calif...
...breakaway. Few plays in football are as capable of bringing 20,000 fans to their feet in such a wave of fevered expectation...
...consequences could be daunting. Says National Center for Atmospheric Research's Francis Bretherton: "Suppose it's August in New York City. The temperature is 95 degrees; the humidity is 95%. The heat wave started on July 4 and will continue through Labor Day." While warmer temperatures might boost the fish catch in Alaska and lumber harvests in the Pacific Northwest, he says, the Great Plains could become a dust bowl; people would move north in search of food and jobs, and Canada might rival the Soviet Union as the world's most powerful nation. Bretherton admits that his scenario...