Word: catches
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have never seen a market like this," says Donald Stone, a member of the New York Stock Exchange since 1950 and one of its vice chairmen. "The market has spiked up without any meaningful correction; it won't even pause to catch its breath." Peter Cohen, a New York City real estate broker and large investor, muses, "Even in the sizzling '60s, it was an article of faith that what goes up must come down. But those who have played by this rule now have left huge amounts of profit on the table. I have sold at a profit, then...
...stand-up scene. Despite a flurry of jabs at news events like the Iran-contra testimony, committed political satire is rare. So is X-rated material, with a few notable exceptions like screaming Sam Kinnison's. "The networks want comedians to work clean," says Richard Fields, owner of Catch a Rising Star, a Manhattan comedy club. Indeed, many young comics regard stand-up comedy less as a goal than as a stepping stone. "People today are not just shooting to be * headliners," says Dennis Perrin, a New York-based comic and writer. "They want the big payoff -- a movie...
...first invented a putter with a slot and a white line in the center that helped golfers position their eyes directly above the ball. To finance the manufacture of this "slotline" club, Duclos ^ took out a $30,000 second mortgage on his home. His initial designs did not catch on, and the early years were lean. Unwilling to give up his new ambition and go back to engineering, Duclos helped support himself for a while by playing blackjack in Nevada...
...personally accepting responsibility for the state," he said. "We'll let the lawyers catch up with us later...
...think that they're going to buy superconducting circular saws at Sears next year," says Don Capone, a physicist at Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago. Concurs Nobel Laureate Robert Schrieffer, who shared the 1972 prize for developing a theory of how superconductors work: "It's time for everyone to catch their breath and try to understand what Mother Nature has presented...