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...Jeff Kealty goal at the 9:14 mark not only increased his team's lead to 3-1, but it also set the Terriers up for what would prove to be the proverbial back breaker...
...then the anxiety in New York was too high to be ignored, and traders began to express concern that a "wall of fear" might start to build on itself. When the Dow dropped 350 points, the first circuit breaker kicked in, around 2:35 p.m., and trading was stopped for 30 minutes. "It was eerie," says an exchange clerk. "I was shocked when I heard the bell stop trading." It was the first time circuit breakers had been triggered since their introduction after the 1987 crash. But the break seemed to unnerve traders. The market reopened to another wave...
...course right by our house 20 minutes before the match when we found out we had to play. We lived an hour-and-a-half away and we were scheduled to play in an hour-and-a-half. We played the third-seeded team and lost in a tie-breaker...
...drop triggered two circuit breakers on the New York Stock Exchange that had never been set off since they were put in place after the 1987 sell-off. The first circuit breaker, at 350 points, closed the market for 30 minutes. The second, at 550, halted trading...
...work and proceeded to debate the terms he outlined. While most of the terms were deemed acceptable, the delegates unanimoufly felt that the final proviso would subject the colonies to an outrageously exorbitant and punitively expensive program of oral hygiene, and was therefore onerous and a deal breaker. Authorization was then given for Congress to receive the document being prepared by Messrs. Jefferson, Adams and Franklin, and word was sent to Genl. Washington to mufter the troops...