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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...believe that there are good grounds for optimism about the future. Regimentation works up to a point but then becomes counter-productive. Modern economics, in particular, have become so immensely complex and so interdependent that they can no longer be effectively run from a single center. They wither unless they allow some scope to free initiative...

Author: By Richard E. Pipes, | Title: Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Four | 1/11/1984 | See Source »

...School Professor Duncan M. Kennedy '64 agreed with Bloom that it is counter-productive to believe that "no possible way of life stinks...

Author: By Jennifer A. Kingson, | Title: Student 'Nihilism,' Morals Could Learn From Constitution | 1/10/1984 | See Source »

...troubled Dallas oil-and gas-exploration firm, turned in the worst performance on the American Stock Exchange, falling from 8⅜ to 1¾. Massachusetts' Computer Devices, a portable-computer manufacturer that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in October, had the largest decline on the over-the-counter market, dropping from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tale of the Tape | 1/9/1984 | See Source »

...billion shares, up from 16.5 billion in 1982. The Dow Jones industrial average closed the year at 1258.64, a gain of 212 points over 1982. Prices on the American Stock Exchange, which is made up largely of younger companies with lower-priced issues, surged ahead 31%. The over-the-counter market, the haven for more speculative stocks, rose 20%. Most shares made their big gains during the first half of the year. The Dow, entering 1983 at 1046.55, rose in June to about 1250, but then remained on a bumpy plateau. The high for the year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tale of the Tape | 1/9/1984 | See Source »

...American Stock Exchange's hottest property last year was California's Marshall Industries, a manufacturer of microelectronic components. Its stock rose from 5 15/16 to 31%. Interdyne of Van Nuys, Calif., which makes computer components, led the over-the-counter market, going from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tale of the Tape | 1/9/1984 | See Source »

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