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...over, the exchange had recorded one of its busiest days in history. The Dow Jones average rose more than 114 points, the second highest one-day gain ever, to 2623.51. "The best scenario possible seems to be taking place," declared James Bellini, head of equity trading for the firm Dain Bosworth. "People realized that the outbreak of war was not as negative as they anticipated...
Self-reliance, efficiency, a genuine work ethic: ambitious goals that defy dissent. But how can they triumph over ba'dain...
...dependency," says Tareq al-Suwaidan, a leader of the opposition Islamic Trend movement. "We were the pampered product of an affluent society taken to the nth degree," says Minister of Planning Sulaiman Mutawa. "Everywhere," remarks Ali Jaber al-Sabah, a KPC managing director, "there was the spirit of ba'dain, of 'tomorrow.' Any real change was put off. 'Why bother?' people would say. 'We're making money, the country as a company is making a good return. We'll decide the hard things tomorrow.' But of course tomorrow never came...
...surely rank as one of the handful of great living poets, was teaching a course in Spanish to a half dozen students. Fitzgerald, one of the few extant experts on epic poetry, taught one student Homer and Dante. Paul Rotterdam, one of the few significant contemporary painters who even dain teach, had eight students in his course: of which perhaps two were seriously considering careers as painters. These are just a few examples from my years at Harvard. They represent a shocking waste of resources...
...north. Thunderclouds and a foulup in their navigational instruments complicated their plight. Traveling at about 500 m.p.h., they probably reached China in about ten minutes. Now listed as missing are the four crewmen of the two planes: Lieut. Commander Jimmy Buckley, Lieut. Robert Flynn, Lieut. Commander Dain Scott and Lieut. J. Forrest Trembley...