・ relentless	容赦しない、手厳しい、無情な。 relent 優しくなる、（厳しさが）和らぐ。
・ nudge	肘での一突き、肘で軽く突く、押し分けながら進んで行く
・ grumpy	[グランピー] 気むずかしい。不機嫌な
・ ebullient	[イバリエント] 熱狂している、沸騰した、元気旺盛な
・ pendulum	[ペンデュラム] 振り子。the swing of the pendulum 振り子の動き
・ dire	[dair] 悲惨な、緊急の、極度の
・ choke appetite	欲望を抑える。 whet a appetite 興味をそそる
・ pacify	[パシファイ] を静める、なだめる、和らげる。

Dow posts first close above 9000
NEW YORK - Bulling past a new milestone, the Dow Jones industrial
average on Monday closed above 9000 for the first time, extending a
relentless climb that got its final nudge from plans for the biggest
business merger ever.



''My point of view will sound incredibly grumpy against this ebullient
background. This pendulum could swing further. We could end up the year
a little lower than where we are now,'' said Charles G. Crane, chief
market strategist at Key Asset Management. ''We're dealing in a
psychological currency that's as powerful as I've ever seen.



The nine-month journey, which included a brief detour below 7000 during
October's swoon, was long and hard - at least by recent standards. But
dire predictions of the bull market's impending collapse just five
months ago could not choke investors' appetite for stocks.



Investors were very much pacified in late January by some generally
strong profit reports for the final three months of 1997