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...since Dec. 31, 1976, when the Dow Jones average of 30 leading industrial stocks last cracked the 1,000-point level. But rarely had an assault on the magic barrier been more furious-or inconclusive-than the trading melee that last week nudged the Dow briefly, and by the barest fraction, into quadruple digits...
This souvenir supplement provides only the barest outline of Cambridge history--like any institution of its age and vitality, this city is filled with more anecdotes and lessons than would fit in 100 such sections...
Indefensible it certainly was--we don't know to this day the barest details of where Kennedy was going with Kopechne and what he did in the hours after the accident. His ten-years-after interview a few days ago did nothing to clear up affairs, Kennedy insisting that all the questions were answered during an investigation of which Kopechne's parents were highly critical...
...enduring truisms of American politics has been that an incumbent President wields all but overwhelming political power. This axiom holds that almost any challenge to a President has only the barest chance of succeeding. But this pattern may be changing. In the case of Jimmy Carter, his incumbency-and the fact that he is thus blamed for every national problem-may be his biggest electoral handicap...
...final round, Floch was clearly tiring and McDonald took advantage rapidly. He landed a short right hand to Floch's more-than-ample midsection, but he escaped ending the fight in prone postion by the barest of margins. The surprising close margin of the three judges read, 58-58 (McDonald's fight on aggression...