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...Stone's shadow became an icon of the drive," Rudenstine joked in his speech. "People would see it coming in time to dive off their respective boulevards into nearby shrubbery...
WHEN IGNORANCE IS BLISS If those mutual-fund ads that tout amazing returns look too good to be true, it could be because they're ignoring NASDAQ's 23.5% nose dive since March 10. Such backward-looking ads reflect the previous quarter's or even the previous year's returns. And with many funds driven by weighty tech holdings, last year's results may look brighter than those of the recent past. Of course, some funds may have thrived despite the latest downturn. But the NASD and the SEC are taking a hard look at what could be overly rosy...
...Then Springer turned and stared down the baserunner. Hoverman paused for a moment like a deer in headlights, then made a desperate dive back to third. Springer snapped the ball to Abeles who made the tag at third...
Through books and films, Jacques-Yves Cousteau shared his close encounters with dolphins, sharks, whales and other sea creatures with armchair divers around the world. He was a showman nonpareil, as when he described his first scuba dive in his mellifluous French accent: "I stood upside down on one finger and burst out laughing." But the former French navy officer had a serious side. Cruising the oceans in his vessel Calypso, he became increasingly worried about their health and founded the Cousteau Society to sound the alarm...
...scientists from around the world fly to this Pacific archipelago 500 miles (800 km) east of the Philippines to view its parrot fish, gobies, damselfish, sharks, turtles, butterfly fish and stately Napoleon wrasses. The Blue Corner on the western reef is rated one of the world's top dive sites for its abundance of big fish. With 1,387 species at last count, Palau has more fish varieties than any other area of Micronesia. But a decade ago, all this was threatened by fishermen. A short boat ride from Ulong takes you to another channel that has been almost emptied...