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...year in which the stock market has taken one heart-stopping roller-coaster ride after another, the last thing that investors needed was a new element of uncertainty. But many of them are worried that the Tax Reform Act of 1986, which President Reagan signed two weeks ago, will bring on fresh dips and hairpin turns. By lowering tax rates but eliminating many deductions and preferences, the legislation has already changed the investment climate and forced people to take a hard look at their stock portfolios...
...made the cover of Time and a spot on "Entertainment Tonight," all in connection with his latest picture, Aliens, which proudly denies its existential status as a motion picture and insists on being an amusement park attraction--"America's number one roller coaster ride!" As Julie Brown said, definitely an "E" ticket...
When I left Seattle I was desperately in love with a girl named Christina. Our relationship was showing the first signs of going ballistic when I left for Harvard. As time wore on it began to bear a distinct resemblance to a Six Flags roller coaster ride, complete with loop the loops and reality-defying twists and turns...
What was more striking about last week's dive was the extent to which investors now live routinely with the roller-coaster dips of the longest bull market since the 1920s. Stock-market analysts were quick to point out that the early-week drop was equivalent to only 4.2% of the Dow's value, in contrast to the record loss of nearly 13% on Oct. 28, 1929. Moreover, last Monday was the fifth notably dismal day of the year, even as the Dow has climbed about 350 points since Jan. 1. The others: Jan. 8, a 39-point loss; March...
...Mill, S.C. It will put you in the mood for Heritage USA, Televangelist Jim Bakker's hotel and convention complex that attracts 5 million of the faithful each year. Cynics call the place Six Flags over Jesus, but you will be disappointed if you come expecting a Holy Roller coaster or a guided walk across the Sea of ! Galilee. Still, Heritage is not your everyday theme park. Now and again, lifeguards shut down the swimming pool to perform a baptism, and at Eastertide the song-and-dance acts are replaced by a Passion play. In a salon...