Word: yielding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...conjure up a series of four-minute worlds, miniature but universal brushes with blind fate, transient love and life's harsh realities. In Trouble in the Fields, struggling Okie farmers battle the farm depression of the early '80s, "when the bankers swarm like locusts out there, turning away our yield." Lookin' for the Time tells of a forlorn streetwalker who dreams of the day when she can afford to let the cruising "limos just slide...
...immigration. Brown and her team have concluded that immigrants come streaming across the border seeking jobs with which to help their families and climb into the middle class. Wilson, on the other hand, argues that the immigrants are mainly attracted by the bounty of welfare benefits. These views yield opposite solutions: Wilson wants to stem the flow by curtailing the services. Brown prefers clamping down on the illegal workplace...
Last month, the president said that funding must come from the federal government, foundations, student fees and the yield on Harvard's endowment...
...industrial average fell 11.44 points, to 3843.19, as the stock of large, blue-chip companies continued to register damage. But the broader market rose slightly, with the S&P 500 up 0.48, to 462.71. And NASDAQ stocks jumped 4.95, to 764.29. Meanwhile, bond prices increased a bit, driving the yield on the benchmark 30-year...
...state unemployment benefits last week -- another sign of growing business activity that could signal increased inflation. In response, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 23.55 points, to 3854.63. The S&P 500 dropped 2.58, to 462.23. NASDAQ stocks declined 0.67, to 759.34. And bond prices declined too, driving the yield on the benchmark 30-year Treasury up to 7.85 percent, compared with 7.80 percent the day before. The price of gold fell 10 cents, to $395.95, in London trading...