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...based on comparisons of price-and-earnings data for companies. The Value Line computer ranks each stock against the rest of the 1,700 in terms of short-and long-term price performance and earnings history. Analysts throw in an "earnings surprise" adjustment when a firm's profits depart sharply from projections. Says Bernhard about his system: "It's so simple that I'm amazed and a little hurt that it isn't more widely copied." Some experts, however, ask whether the fact that so many people follow Value Line's advice...
...perplexing to watch Rockwell extol an "outsider" or vanguard composer for'eign willing to depart from the ordinary and then give the distinct impression that his subject is not worth writing about. In the middle of a discussion of the problems posed by minimalist composer Philip Glass, he says of the subject of an earlier essay. "A composer like [Frederic] Rzewski can shift facilely from idiom to idiom because, to be blunt, nobody cares what he does, least of all the people...
Fleet Street erupts as Prince Andrew and Washington stripper Fanne Fox depart together for a remote cassle in Bermuda. "It's entirely innocent," the prince protests upon his return...
Then Sister Emmanuelle turns to Bible stories and prayers with students who are Coptic Christians; the Muslim ones depart. "Today we don't talk about conversion any more," she explains. "We talk about being friends. My job is to prove that God is love, to bring courage to these people...
...women need proven ability." Minorities hold three editorial management positions at the New York Times and Chicago Tribune, four at the Boston Globe, and four of 123 supervisory positions at the Los Angeles Times. Editors blame the dearth of minority managers on rapid turnover, particularly as promising reporters depart for better pay in television. Other factors are youth and relative inexperience: 73% of those who responded to the survey were under 35, and 67% had been journalists for less than ten years...