Like Mr. Bariff, many administrators anticipated an economic bust and planned accordingly.

His term as mayor was greatly affected by the economic bust of 1899.

And, one might add, an eventual economic bust.

But what makes this problem so distinct is that it is not just an economic bust.

During the economic bust, property values dropped by 30 percent or more.

Cuba is the best advertising campaign we've got running that promotes communism as a big economic bust.

The coming economic bust will subject this process to its biggest test yet.

An economic bust is the worry of one 44-year-old manufacturer's representative in Northern Arizona, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

The economic bust of the late 1980's has ended with another boom.

He had presided over, and certainly contributed to, the state's transition from economic bust to boom.