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...American inner-city life. But this book is one that transcends those interests. I found myself reading passages again because they were so full of a simple, quiet strength of character and intensity of spirit which allows the narrator-heroine to endure the trials that occasionally strike the reader dumb with incredulity. Despite a few rough edges, the book manages to involve readers deeply in the emotional current of the story. While the novel falls down occasionally in the use of an inner-city dialect which author Connie Porter has trouble translating into text, the skilled use of deliberately, nakedly...
...Either too dumb or too weird (yes, there is such a thing as too weird for Harvard), these kids really have no place among...
...perfectly capable of making an informed decision on how to spend the money. The potential benefits of the windfall are not lost on us; we have a vested interest in seeing the money--our money--spent well. Council members, by assuming--and actually saying--that students are too dumb to weigh the proposals, only prove how disconnected they are with their constituents...
...Even dumb money does sometimes make money. It's possible to be wrong but lucky--especially in a bull market. But luck doesn't last; fads fade. Successful investing requires research and judgment--if only to judge that you're better off buying your stocks through mutual funds...
Where is all this dumb money? Much of it is in Internet stocks, most of which command stratospheric prices despite their lack of profits and their dubious prospects. In a seminal event for these stocks' valuations, high-flying portal company Lycos last week agreed to merge with USA Networks, a real company (Home Shopping Network; Ticketmaster) with $1.5 billion in annual revenue. Lycos shares plunged 31% in two days as investors reflected on Lycos' value inside a company that must--gasp--post rising profits to boost its share price...