Word: bulling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...divorce. Adam, for his part, can only listen in bemusement as a woman named Ira Funk whisks him through her architectural folly in Venice, Calif., chuckling, "Those Tudors just could never have dreamed up even one small bit of this." The meeting of John Doe and John Bull is frequently incongruous. " 'What's the matter, Baby,' a nun with a beard and sparkle all over his eyelids said to me," Adam writes after attending an all-gay basketball game in San Francisco. " 'Got no date...
...incredible bull market in stocks has produced billions in profits for investors over the past 4 1/2 years -- and millions in losses for those caught in the market's occasional steep downswings. That seesawing continued last week as the Dow Jones index of 30 industrial stocks ended the week at 2235.37, after skyrocketing by 66.47 points one day and dropping by 51.13 the next. Amid the ups and downs, no investor has done better than George Soros, 56. During the past two years alone, the soft-spoken, Hungarian-born manager of a fund known as Quantum has amassed a staggering...
...first time this decade, U.S. consumption of silver has outstripped production, pushing prices from a $5-to-$6 range past $7 an oz. Meanwhile, mutual funds specializing in North American gold, such as Van Eck Gold/Resources and U.S. New Prospector, benefited from money fleeing South African investments. The extended bull market in stocks has also played a role, as investors have taken profits and sought safe alternatives...
...Soviet news agency Tass, however, said U.S. allegations of Soviet espionage were a "cock-and-bull story" and that the Pentagon came up with the "spy scare" in an effort to undercut the State Department...
...semiconductors and by Tokyo's alleged intransigent protection of its domestic microchip market. Partially in response to the specter of trade confrontation, the Dow Jones average of 30 industrial stocks sank 57.39 points as the week began, its third worst plunge in history. Yet the amazing 4 1/2- year bull market in stocks, fueled in part by billions of dollars in Japanese investment money, recovered quickly, and the Dow closed the week at 2390.34, a record. In Tokyo money markets, the price of the U.S. dollar slumped to a doleful 144.7 yen, the first time in postwar history that...