boomlet

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The new numbers suggest the second year of a baby boomlet, with U.S. fertility rates higher in every racial group, the highest among Hispanic women.

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  • LM: Even though I don't agree with the basic economic concept of all this stimulation, there is an excellent chance it will work in the sense of creating at least a boomlet-if not a full-scale boom, at least an improvement in the world's economic picture over the rest of this year. —  Mineweb - Daily news headlines
  • Wasn't this latest "boomlet" significantly milder than the one on 3 / 18? —  The Orange County Register - Homepage
  • In the last three years - ending quite abruptly this Fall - there was a hiring boomlet, with a cohort evenly divided between the fiftysomethings and the twentysomethings. —  Confessions of a Community College Dean
  • So, facing a 79-seat deficit in the House, and an 18-seat deficit in the Senate, the GOP retirement boomlet is fated to continue. is now a year old. —  Daily Kos
  • A rate drop could also spur somewhat of a "refi boomlet," in the next several months, Mr. Cutaia says. —  Top Stories - Google News
 

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