Word: pooling
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...actress with her own hidden background of European tragedy. She triggers memories of his murdered family. Dennison holds them back for 18 chapters while he deals with his ex-wife, his anti-Semitic father-in-law, his estranged daughter, and a series of Celluloid City sharks circling the swimming pool until the denouement...
...increased our production significantly. We did it in part by investing in more productive equipment. But the biggest single source of growth came from the surge of women, young people and immigrants into the work force. That pool of low-skill, low-wage labor is going to dry up. If we are going to have growth, it has to come from greater human productivity...
...workplace. Companies are discovering that to win the best talent, they must cater to a young work force that is considered overly sensitive at best and lazy at worst. During the next several years, employers will have to double their recruiting efforts. According to American Demographics, the pool of entry-level workers 16 to 24 will shrink about 500,000 a year through 1995, to 21 million. These youngsters are starting to use their bargaining power to get more of what they feel is coming to them. They want flexibility, access to decision making and a return to the sacredness...
MONEY FLOWS The most significant economic development of the past decade has been the deregulation of financial movements across borders. This has created a worldwide pool of capital that enables borrowers in countries with low savings to tap into the cash of others. But because of this development, national policies that artificially encourage or restrict investment have an international impact and could lead to forms of economic conflict as dangerous as trade wars...
...moment, the world's pool of savings has many claimants. Among them: the stubborn U.S. budget deficit and the new demands for capital by a unified Germany and an emerging Eastern Europe. Meanwhile, savings in industrialized nations have slowed as consumers spend more of their earnings on a better life. Will a shrinking pool of savings increase interest rates and stifle worldwide growth? The seven national leaders in Houston should ask their financial experts to gauge the impact of that worrisome trend. They should also examine the effect of high levels of government borrowing on future generations, who will inherit...