Word: fastest
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...best performance ever seen." So said Maurice Greene before the male version of the 100 m. While not quite equal to his wish, the world-record holder ran a dramatic race, coming from third to catch the leaders at 60 m and then to pull away. The world's fastest man, usually brazen, cried openly during the medal ceremony...
...course, Gore 2004 isn't exactly slipping away. The populations on the fastest rise are urban and minority, in booming population centers like Atlanta, Miami and Las Vegas, and the nation's cities are classic Democratic stomping grounds. To assume Florida stays red after the 2000 election fiasco is an exercise in denial. And when the census gets its close-view, block-by-block count finished in March, those urban and minority head-counts will give Bush a chance to address the problems with his election in Florida - or irk those groups all over again...
...negative real gross domestic product. But the economy is slowing so fast that it feels like a recession. Six months ago, real GDP was growing at a 5.6% annual rate. Goldman Sachs estimates that it will slow to 2.7% this quarter and 1.5% next. That's one of the fastest decelerations ever. Inflation is low, so the Fed has room to cut rates and maybe stave off anything terrible. Still, it looks like lean times ahead...
...analysts earlier this year, "tap water will be relegated to showers and washing dishes." Coming on the heels of Pepsi's recent $370 million purchase of SoBe, the hottest of the New Age tonics, the Gatorade deal was Enrico's crowning achievement, effectively solidifying Pepsi's dominance in the fastest-growing segment of the drinks business. "In this area," says Emanuel Goldman, an analyst at ING Barings, "the tables are turned...
Call it the revenge of the real-world retailers. After years of being told they didn't get the Net, sites like Walmart.com and Target.com are suddenly the fastest-growing shopping destinations on the Web. Over the past five weeks, visits to "multichannel" dotcoms (a.k.a. clicks-and-mortar, those with a catalog or store behind them) have shot up 67%, compared with a 42% seasonal rise for "pure-play" merchants (which exist only online, like Amazon.com) Walmart.com alone is gaining 80% more cybershoppers every week. Incoming CEO Jeanne Jackson raised eyebrows when she closed the site for renovations two months...