Word: bulbed
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Neither could Dutch tulip-bulb speculators in the mid-1600s nor American day traders in the dotcom boom of the late 1990s nor even Chinese investors in the early 2000s. The history of investing demonstrates that there is no faith stronger than that of newbies plunging into a molten market. And that certainly describes China today. Emboldened by last year's 130% rise in the Shanghai Composite Index--which made Shanghai one of the best-performing exchanges in the world--first-time punters like Du have been storming into Chinese stocks, ending the market's five-year slump...
...grows stronger every time she navigates the dangerous passage past the dope dealers and gang members in the graffiti-covered lobby, through the piles of garbage in the halls, to the sixth floor in a lurching elevator lighted by a single, dimly glowing bulb. Her son John is now at the age when many other boys in Cabrini-Green become "foot soldiers" in the gangs, which use them for killing missions because juvenile sentences are more lenient. She stays only because she cannot afford to go anywhere else...
...hosting a golf tournament.“This is a really pivotal time in kids’ lives, where they are really craving a connection to the adult world,” Rimer says. “It is an opportunity where they can really light the light bulb of learning and develop a real sense of mastery through these hands-on apprenticeships.” A WORLD OF ‘WOWs’Citizen Schools aims to engage middle school students in learning by developing leadership skills, facilitating access to resources, and building integrated communities, according to alumni...
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