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Like presidential approval ratings, stock prices tend to inflate when the U.S. engages in armed conflict. Look no further than the tireless bull market that we enjoy today. It began in 1991 when the U.S. drove Saddam Hussein and his Iraqi army out of Kuwait. The first allied air raids came on Jan. 17 of that year and sent the Dow Jones industrial average soaring 4.6% in a day. By mid-March the Dow had jumped...
...success in the Persian Gulf would vindicate all those market patriots bidding up share prices. But because it is so widely expected, success would merely maintain the status quo--not inspire a whole new bull market. And for those who worry about a bungle, stocks of defense contractors, oil producers and oil services companies would be good hedges. Remember, those generals on Wall Street wear suits, not battle fatigues. They don't really know a thing about...
...most terrible images in the film are the black-and-white postmortem photos of the girls, naked and caked with blood. But there are other unforgettable moments--old footage of the white tank that "Bull" Connor, Birmingham's notorious police chief, drove around the town; a recent interview with an aged George Wallace, who repeats over and over that his black attendant is his best friend; Carole Robertson's mother Alpha explaining how she has come to forgive...
...Earnings in 1997 by top pro rodeo bull rider Ty Hickerson...
Susanne and Louise Lindbaek. two visiting students from Denmark aged 11 and 9, remarked that the large crowd and bull-horns "seemed a little scary...