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...This dreadful eruption from an unknown world made her frantic; she squealed and bucked and the air was full of sweat and noise and blood and terror. Roger ran around the heap, prodding with his spear whenever pigflesh appeared. Jack was on top of the sow, stabbing downward with his knife. Roger found a lodgment for his point and began to push till he was leaning with his whole weight. The spear moved forward inch by inch, and the terrified squealing became a high-pitched scream. Then Jack found the throat and the hot blood spouted over his hands...
...steel was bought, un til 200,000 shares had been purchased against constantly rising quotations. Other buyers bought other pivotal stocks. In an hour General Electric was up 21 points, Montgomery Ward up 23, Radio up 16, A. T. & T. up 22. How far the market would have gone downward on its unchecked momentum is difficult to say. But brokers and traders alike agreed that the man who bid 205 for 25,000 shares of Steel had made himself a hero of a financially historic moment...
...recovery looks solid. TIME'S economists predicted that growth in the gross national product, after adjustment for inflation, would slow from its torrid 9.2% annual rate of the second quarter but still glide along at a healthy 4.4% pace in 1984. The unemployment rate is expected to drift downward from its current 9.5% level to 8.2% by the end of next year...
...Some forecasters have predicted a sudden collapse in its value, but TIME'S board believes that any decline is likely to be gradual, perhaps 4% to 5% over the next year. "The dollar is not headed for a free fall," said Heller, "but soon it should be gentling downward...
...despite the high overall yield, the yield among Black students lags at only 53 percent, the third year of a downward trend. While admissions officers have increased recruiting in the past several years, they say financial problems play a large part in the lower yield among Blacks...