Word: barney
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...propel a technology-stock boom that some investors believe is due for a bust. Mutual funds that invest solely in computer and electronics companies have enjoyed returns of as much as 50% to 70% so far this year. But the sound of bursting bubbles echoed last week after Smith Barney technology analyst Jonathan Cohen questioned the high prices of some of the most speculative offerings on the NASDAQ exchange. Netscape, which traded as high as 161 that day, fell 28 3/4 points when Smith Barney said the Internet software company was probably worth 55 a share at most, labeled...
...investors who buy individual stocks rather than diversified funds can watch fortunes change in minutes. Netscape had been up 24 points early in the week, when it was hit by a double whammy: the Smith Barney evaluation and the appearance of a new favorite. On Thursday, Microsoft announced it was adopting the Java programming language designed for the Internet by Sun Microsystems. The market saw it as a threat to Netscape, and the stock tumbled. Meanwhile, Sun Microsystems closed up 33/8, at 93-1/8. Still, Netscape has its defenders. Says Wien: "When any stock has done as well...
...BRUEGGER'S BAGEL BAKERIES in the Chicago area, you can buy purple bagels. Purple flags festoon every other car on the streets of the Windy City. The Chicago Sun-Times recently devoted a column to the question, "Won't head-to-toe purple make me look like Barney?" And at the Roxy Restaurant in Evanston on New Year's Day, patrons will be able to drink purple beer...
...contain the late-20th century's most terrible epidemic. For in addition to explaining why this small group of people infected with HIV has not become sick, the discovery of a viral strain that works like a vaccine would have far-reaching implications. "What these results suggest," says Dr. Barney Graham of Vanderbilt University, "is that HIV is vulnerable and that it is possible to stimulate effective immunity against...
...most critical issues is that many adults are abdicating their responsibilities," Canada said. "They send [children] off in the morning with Barney, which is not adequate when the children are entering a war zone...