Word: beatings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...decline of the railways, Arlo Guthrie in 1972 sang of the train the City of New Orleans passing "trains that have no name" and "the graveyards of the rusted automobile" while onboard the "magic carpet made of steel" sat "mothers with their babes asleep...rockin' to the gentle beat and the rhythm of the rails is all they feel." The City of New Orleans that left Chicago three minutes behind schedule last Monday night promised prouder vistas as it coursed along the Mississippi: historic Cairo, the blues from Beale Street in Memphis and, as finale, the Big Easy. Mothers continued...
WINNER: Moss. In the big wars, Brits always beat Germans...
...March 13, Mr. King promoted a heavyweight title fight between Lennox Lewis and Evander Holyfield that resulted in a draw. While it appeared to the untrained eye that Lewis beat the living daylights out of Holyfield, landing 348 punches to Holyfield's 130, the expert judges thought it was superclose. A grand jury is investigating the matter. I suggest a censure resolution. But only because I think that makes me sound smart...
...long-drawn-out trial would be bad for the country. Though it would be worse for the country if the jury decided that Lewis won. Any American getting beat up by a British guy is devastating. I once spent an afternoon with Lewis, and we ate lunch in his hotel room, and he drank tea. There were moments when I'm pretty sure I could have taken...
SMOOTH SAILING Fidelity's Magellan fund was supposed to have become too big to manage. But after stumbling for a couple of years, the nation's largest mutual fund is reasserting itself. Last year the tech-heavy fund, run by Robert Stansky, beat the soaring S&P 500 with a 33% return. In February, Magellan pulled in nearly $500 million from investors, its highest monthly net in more than three years, according to Alpha Equity Research. So is bigger better again? No, says a study by Financial Research: in any given fund category, smaller funds generally beat bigger ones...