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...stocks and mutual funds because of their growing dissatisfaction with the shrinking returns on money-market accounts. Richard Bonner, a flower grower in Fallbrook, Calif., near San Diego, happened to boost his stake in the market just one day before the 100-point surge began. He then watched in delight last week as his $150,000 portfolio blossomed by an additional $6,000 in just a week. Said he: "I think the market's headed higher. It's the place to be." Gerald Butrimovitz, a San Francisco biotechnology consultant, has felt confident enough to increase his stock holdings...
...jocks, our socialites andserious students, grinds, preppies, animals,workaholics and alcoholics. We had hellraiserstoo. Who had not heard of the tales of Fat City atMad River when with Rusty Mead and John Hall orthe story of Red Dog Desloge's theft of a policecar? I remember the absolutely sinful delight ofzooming down Memorial Drive at midnight in earlyJune, finished for the year and free beyondbelief, astride my BSA 5000 motorcycle withPantaleoni and Eric Nelson on their bikes rightalongside...
...South Korea, the reappearance of the two film stars was greeted with public expressions of delight. In North Korea, officials issued contradictory statements. One declared that they were thieves whose only goal was to embezzle North Korean funds. The other brought the incident full circle, insisting that the couple had been "kidnaped by the South Koreans and the Americans...
...like a mongrel in the hospital's intensive care unit. Unless we knew exactly what happened to Pryor, we'd have no way of knowing what has happened to Dancer. Freebasing was reputed to be a dangerously potent high prior to Pryor, but it was not a pyromaniac's delight until Pryor went running through Hollywood Hills in full flame...
...Students] are a constant source of interestand delight, stimulating our own intellects andchallenging our talents," Mimi Aloian wrote