1.   The rest of the world was in recession, but the Soviet economy remained unaffected.

2.   Yet despite these incipient industrial concentrations, the economy of Piedmont remained overwhelmingly agrarian and rural.

3.   The economy remains sluggish.

4.   At home, the Americans still guzzle gas, and much else, at a horrifying rate while the economy remains lopsided.

5.   But the economy remained weak and Bush made a series of mistakes and miscalculations throughout the fall and winter.

6.   Although Asia continues to pose a threat, the U.S. economy remains healthy, with little sign of inflation.

7.   Analysts have begun to wonder, though, how long the U.S. economy can remain a safe harbor amid stormy Asian seas.

8.   And depriving boys and girls of an education assures that the economies will remain very poor.

9.   And so far, the U.S. economy remains strong and with it, the market.

10.   And the economy remains fundamentally strong, Reischauer added.