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Neither is true now, though. In the past few weeks, deft traders have been able to make 15 points on IBM in one day or make 6 on 3M or Alcoa, Eastman Kodak or Hewlett-Packard. These are marquee Dow names, not heavily manipulated penny stocks or hyped Net offerings. You could "scalp" a huge gain simply by buying these stocks at the opening and selling them at the bell...
...performer. After a few ill-advised recent forays into funk and balladry, Connick here returns to form. Sure, the album could do without some of the slower numbers, but there's a lot to love--the sparkling title track, a rendition of Time After Time. Connick's vocals are deft and his piano playing fluid. A swing...
Barak's campaign appears to be quite effective. Polls indicate that Barak will best Bibi by a margin of 49 percent to 38 percent today. However, these statistics may not be attributable to James Carville's deft spinning or Arthur Finkelstein's campaign blunders. Rather, the polls more likely reflect the fact that the electoral landscape has tipped in Barak's favor over the last few days. Thus far, the race between Netanyahu and Barak has been neck and neck. Therefore, every percentage point counts. Very recently, the Israeli-Arab prime ministerial candidate, Azmi Bishara, dropped out of the race...
...with the Byrds, Simon and Garfunkel, Steve Miller, Devo, the Cars; it is dished out with lush harmony vocals, broad keyboard textures, generous acoustic guitars, rich percussion tracks, even string, and delightfully subtle twists of sounds. Fountains of Wayne are hip, well-bred and deft at slinging pop culture saturation through suburban rockers, witty ballads and sincere lovesongs with equal flair. The lyrics are sometimes distant, but that does not detract from an album of tightly-crafted...
Freshman Andrea Magyera, playing in the No. 2 slot for the Crimson, dominated her Dartmouth counterpart Allison Taff, 6-2, 6-2, to finish her Ivy season undefeated in singles play. Mixing powerful groundstrokes with deft backhand drop shots, Magyera made quick work of Taff...