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There is a glimmer of hope. After dropping 201 points, the Dow has gained 95 in the past 30 minutes. It now stands at 2130. Is a turnabout in the works...
...Dow, now falling, is at 2103. Long lines of people form to take turns in the N.Y.S.E.'s spectator gallery. Heather Walker, 27, wants to "tell my grandchildren I was there." But she wonders if the crash means she will never be a mother. "Even in good times, men are scared of getting married," says Walker. "In the coming depression, forget...
...Dow is falling again, now down...
...Dow is down 300 points. Outside the N.Y.S.E., an investor jumps atop a parked car and screams, "Down with Reagan! Down with M.B.A.s! Down with yuppies...
...gyrates so wildly that floor specialists, who normally buy and sell stocks when no one else will, run out of cash. Trading stops in nearly 90 stocks. Exchange Chairman Phelan considers shutting down the entire market, but a sudden 120-point rally stays his hand. For a time, the Dow hovers...