Word: weaker
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...weaker yen b) really boring news stories c) increased spending d) the rich getting richer...
...would guard against too much restored confidence, however. For one thing, the rate cut could mean that Greenspan views the economy as even weaker than it looks, which of course would not bode well for stock prices. As for the insiders, they are famous for buying too early. During the late-'80s banking crisis, bank executives bought their own "cheap" shares two years before bank stocks hit bottom. And last year, just as stocks were selling at nosebleed prices, corporate purchasers at 1,700 companies announced buybacks worth $220 billion...
...experience with the oarsmen the jolt of adrenaline that accompanies "rowing through" a weaker, less competent boat. We approach inner peace as the rowers transcend individuality to form, in the memorable words of a former Harvard crew legend, "a nautical engine vastly more powerful than the sum of its parts," the synchronous clicking of their oarlocks suggesting a driving collective pulse...
Anyone who's leafed through the Bible knows the ending. King David, like Clinton, swept into office as a breath of fresh air. Both are charismatic leaders who followed older, weaker predecessors. David preceded Clinton's concern about his legacy. He wanted to build the great Temple in Jerusalem to honor God (and his reign), just as Clinton has hoped for a great monument for his presidency. Ah, and both men love women...
Harvard's lightweight team, traditionally weaker in the fall than in the spring, entered the race searching for respectability and certainly succeeded in that...