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...Bill was exceptionally bright, even for Harvard. He was brighter than most professors I had. Almost everyone who met him had difficulties dealing with him. Living with Bill had a negative effect on my performance. I felt inferior. Like when I had brainstorms, ideas I thought were really special. I would go talk to Bill about them. He would give me arguments for and against starting from the 12th century. It was demoralizing...
...second-quarter performance. Steel profits were down 26% from the first quarter, utilities 8%, and aluminum and other nonferrous metal producers 11%. Airlines flew in the red because of high jet-fuel costs and an un-economically low percentage of filled seats. Overall, though, the Citibank study painted a brighter second-quarter earnings picture than many experts had expected. Says Citibank Economist Robert Lewis: "The upturn in earnings is further proof that the economy has begun to bounce back...
...Brighter Than a Thousand Suns...
...brighter side of the ledger, some cities have managed to avoid trouble. Pittsburgh Mayor Pete Flaherty has pared the city's work force from 7,200 to 5,400 in five years, partly through attrition. St. Louis' 13,000 employees wisely decided to help the city out of its pinch by not pushing for wage increases this year...
...Republic-when Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence at 32, Henry Knox built the artillery corps at 26, Alexander Hamilton joined the independence fight at 19, and Rutiedge and Lynch signed the Declaration of South Carolina at 27-has there been a younger generation of Americans brighter, better educated, more highly motivated than this one. In the Peace Corps, in the Northern Student Movement, in Appalacia, on dusty roads in Mississippi, and narrow trails in the Andes, this generation of young people has shown an idealism and a devotion to country matched in few nations and excelled in none...