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Richard Condon's 1974 novel Winter Kills took off from the shooting of John Kennedy and flew into an orbit of conspiratorial delirium that made the flakiest assassination theories seem like whitewash. Richert's film starts off from Condon, streamlines the plot and adds a few new quirks. Nineteen years after the event, Nick Kegan (Bridges) follows a zig-zag trail of clues, threats and intuitions to find out who killed his President brother. But who will help him? His father (John Huston), a wily priapic megamillionaire who lopes through his several palaces in flaming red Jockey shorts...
Despite the delirium, however, nagging questions remain: What, if anything, do the sound and fury in the stock market signify? Why the incredible, almost insane, trading volume? Is this a suckers' rally or the beginning of a sustained bull market? Why has the momentum been so strong when the prospects for economic recovery are so uncertain...
Last week's periodic retreats in the market, though, show that the current delirium is laced with doubt. Investors are nervous because they realize that the new optimism on interest rates grew out of pessimism about the general health of the U.S. economy. Both Kaufman and Wojnilower changed their forecasts because they could no longer foresee a robust economic recovery that would revive business-loan demand and boost the cost of money. Yet, without a strong reversal of business fortunes, the stock rally is likely to be short-lived. Says Monte Gordon, chief of research for the Dreyfus Corp...
Troy cited over prosecution objections medical records showing that the woman has suffered from "blackouts, hallucinations, delirium tremens and seizures...
...Release! I see. From fever and delirium...