Word: bulled
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Many market seers talk earnestly of the Dow's reaching 1000 by year's end, a level it last reached on Dec. 31, 1976, when it closed at 1004.65. What is needed to keep the bull market charging ahead? One thing would be investor confidence that there will not be a rerun of the spurt in interest rates that nipped the January boom. Another spur would be broad recognition that stocks remain cheap, especially in comparison with real estate, gold and other assets. Ten years ago, one ounce of gold, then worth $35, would have bought a little...
Armchair admirals in Newport attributed the terrible trials of Terrible Ted to outside distractions (his new Cable News Network and the Atlanta Braves) and to lack of motivation. "Aw, that's a bunch of bull," Turner says. "I've got too much responsibility to spend all my time screwing around in sailboats, but it doesn't affect me on the race course...
...feet, dark hair, broad shoulders, tan complexion, blue eyes, strong as a bull. Let's put it this way: I look like that guy in the shirt ads, but without the eye patch...
...stand up straight because of your boots." Men and women who have never been closer to a horse than a power-steered Mustang are crowding hundreds of new nightclubs specializing in country-and-western music, including one in Dallas - inspired by Urban Cowboy - that features an electronic bucking bull (price per ride: $2 for less than a minute). The clothes are certainly durable, comfortable and generally affordable. For some, they come trailing clouds of glory and nostalgia as well. Says Barbara Cirkva, 32, a buyer for the Cul de Sac boutique at Manhattan's Bloomingdale...
...lift an eyebrow at the seamiest intimate tale, not even when it is about the life of a President. The reason is plain: tidings of intimate goings-on have become as common as junk food in the U.S. In fact, the country has developed what looks like an enduring bull market in personal secrets...