Word: starts
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...start of the 21st century there were unmistakable signs that exploitation of the planet was reaching its limit--that nature was beginning to take its revenge. Melting ice in the polar regions suggested that the climate was changing rapidly. Weather was even more erratic than usual, giving some places too little rain and others too much. Fires raced across the parched American West last summer, and recent storms spread devastation from Britain to Taiwan. No specific event could be directly blamed on global warming, but scientists say that in a greenhouse world, deluges and droughts will be more frequent...
...used for bill paying. And George W., whose father had notoriously frosty relations with Greenspan, has gone out of his way to court the chairman. A few weeks ago, after their get-acquainted meeting in Washington, he even squeezed the uncomfortable-looking Greenspan on camera. But when you start talking like the bears, as Bush has been doing, maybe bear hugs are just what come naturally...
...true Bush style, he's not eager to press the hot-buttons - Thompson has avoided beating the drum on divisive issues during four terms in Wisconsin and would appear to have no inclination to start doing so in Washington. He's widely respected and a cinch for confirmation...
...about the norm in a $10 billion season for dot-commerce. But that about does it for retail celebrations. Federated Department Stores Inc., of Macy's and Bloomingdale's fame, said December sales would fall short of its original forecasts, and the forecasts weren't that high to start with. Specialty stores like Gap and Banana Republic are disappointed. And if you want to know what PC sales have been like, check the NASDAQ...
...expected to be around for at least a couple of baseball seasons. "Right now we're a zit compared to everyone else," co-founder Calvin Lui said in our September 1999 cover story, GetRich.com "In a year we're not going to be a zit." In fact, Lui's start-up--intended as a one-stop online shop and community for guys--closed its doors for the last time...