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...World War chanced to begin on Aug. 4, 1914. Vital point is the undermining of popular confidence that ended in the crash. The September slump was of tremendous importance in its indication that a Market which could survive only by constant rises had reached the limits of its climb. Slowly the Market began to realize that 1929 might be an abnormal year, a high-water year instead of one more level in a still-rising tide. If this fear were well founded, what then of 1930, or 1931, of even more distant times...
...straw. A wolf blows their houses down. The lazy pigs have a more industrious brother who has just completed a brick mansion, in which he allows them to take refuge. When the wolf attempts to huff & puff this house down, he fails ignominiously. He then tries to climb down the chimney. The lazy pigs are alarmed. The industrious pig builds a roaring fire, singes the wolf's tail...
Several store managers said the problem has not seriously affected their business. "Dunster St. is the main route for foot traffic from the Yard to the River Houses," said Jessica Leahy of Steve Herrell's Ice Cream. "When people want ice cream, they'll climb over the barricades...
...believe the company will continue to succeed. The Apple IIe, which costs about $ 1,500 less than an IBM PC, is selling briskly. Hambrecht & Quist, the San Francisco venture capital and underwriting firm, estimates Apple's sales will increase 50% next year, to $ 1.5 billion, and profits will climb 45%, to $ 145 million. But those predictions are based on success for the Macintosh and better sales for the Lisa. Apple clearly has a difficult task ahead as it tries to continue its saga as the fastest-growing company in American history. -By Alexander L. Taylor III. Reported by Michael...
...that's not all, Sound body, sound mind was the credo of ancient Athens and after finishing his book Thernstrom laid academia aside to spend several weeks climbing mountain peaks in the White Mountain chain and on Mt. Desert Island. Tackling the largest mountain east of the Mississippi, Mt. Washington, was, Thernstrom says, one of the most difficult ascents. Though they left at dawn, he notes, the climb took all day. "At the top it was incredibly foggy and wet and there were no views at all," he says, "but the getting up and down were very exciting...