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...hour-long walking tours, led by students, gathered tourists despite the windy, brisk weather...
Sales have been brisk, with approximately 550 of the 650 sold or expected to sell, according to Alexander P. Nyren '02, the managing editor of the Independent...
...that a brisk November morning finds me checking in to the Doubletree Club hotel in Norwalk, Connecticut. Norwalk is not what the average swinging guy would consider a sexy weekend getaway, especially if one is alone, far from the comforts of home and all of one's stuff. Being surrounded by my stuff is very important to me, especially on Saturday morning, when a good amount of it is strewn about the house awaiting the weekly muster, and missing this opportunity to prepare my things for redeployment presents an unwelcome wrinkle in my routine. But here I am, preparing...
...bring all this up? The NASDAQ is down 20% since Sept. 1, more than wiping out a brisk August rally. Other indexes have fared better, but you pretty much had to be an oil sheik to have made money last month. The euro is falling. The economy is slowing. The dotbombs are exploding, and companies are warning of weak quarterly results. Dell is the latest. Everyone has the jitters...
...will remain second fiddle to the buck. Why? To stretch an Olympic metaphor, the gold-medal U.S. economy has been sticking the landing for years, while Europe's economy, like Khorkina, has at times stumbled to the mat. The U.S.'s stability has attracted foreign investment at a brisk pace, tending to bolster the dollar...