Despite this economic outlook, the stock markets in the last three months have agreed with the unstated assumptions in the whispers of "green shoots" - that growth is a prerogative of the modern era, that rebounds are always V-shaped and that central banks and politicians have abolished the business cycle that has plagued economic life since ancient times.

BBC: City Diaries: 4 June

That policy is driven by the same concerns that prompted the Supreme Court in a civil rights-era case, NAACP v.

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V-blogs, cheap technology ably performing business chores and a new golden era for startups--rich rewards await the entrepreneurs who knit these trends together.

FORBES: Three Trends for 2005

To cite just one, in an era of increasingly gridlocked urban airports and inadequate service to many rural communities following airline deregulation, the V-22 promises cost-effective solutions to intractable transportation problems.

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