The Braves have, by design, developed the closest thing in baseball to a boom-or-bust offense.

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So he focuses on companies that sell into fast-growing overseas markets or are somehow protected from the chemical stocks' boom-bust cycle (see table).

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Will Asian policymakers overstimulate to push another boom-bust cycle or will they deftly manage the transition from a tight environment to a loose one?

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The Web is ultimately not about stock prices that can defy gravity or about the end of boom-and-bust cycles.

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Boom has turned to bust with projects stalled or rendered loss-making by bottlenecks and an iffy economy.

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