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After the long holiday weekend, Wall Street stocks staged a bull run Tuesday, sending several stock indices to all-time closing highs, as long-term bond interest rates fell and investors jumped back into technology shares. Gains in the technology sector lifted the Nasdaq Composite to a record close of 1,039.30, up 19.83 -- its biggest gain since the 23.54-point rise April 5, 1994. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 22.54 points to close at 4,670.08. The Standard and Poor's 500 stocks rose 5.32 to 569.16. Advancers led decliners 1,499 to 782 on moderate volume...
What especially worries those familiar with the newfound ailment is that doctors may fail to recognize it and so may not treat it properly. Unlike Lyme disease, which usually begins with a bull's-eye rash around the site of the tick bite, HGE has no telltale warning signs. Nor is there a definitive test for the disease. Doctors must base their diagnosis on such circumstantial evidence as abnormal spots on white blood cells and a low level of white cells or platelets in the blood. Furthermore, the drug most commonly used for Lyme disease -- amoxicillin -- is useless against...
These days Stacks is looking forward to hands-on coverage after several years of desk-bound labor. Those of us back at headquarters hope the road won't be too captivating. Stacks is a pleasure to have around, the man who, in a tedious meeting, makes the bull's-eye remark that sets the whole room laughing-and thinking...
...climbers speedily master the passwords. "There is a whole hierarchy of color," he says. "White flowers are considered the most prestigious because you have to be more sophisticated to appreciate white. Blue in a garden is almost as good as white. Red is a daclassa color because even a bull can see red. Yellows and reds are very...
...virtually every product that might give people offense, from cheesy talk shows to loud heavy-metal bands. The fact that it is based in America (unlike many of its giant rivals, like Sony and Bertelsmann) makes it a compelling target. The company may also have presented an inviting bull's-eye for Senator Dole because of its history of supporting Democratic candidates and causes. During the 1992 presidential campaign, Time Warner and its subsidiaries contributed disproportionately more to Democratic than to Republican candidates-though company figures show the discrepancy disappeared in the last congressional campaign...