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...course, scary numbers can always be found. There are loads of good things that may fake out the pessimists: low interest rates, reasonable energy prices, world peace, free trade and fabulous technological progress for starters. So by no means should you read this and dump all your stocks, let alone start buying up signed photos of Sitting Bull...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money Angles: Marilyn, My Marilyn | 12/23/1991 | See Source »

...signed a petition opposing the proposal to recruit minorities. "The vast majority of residents are not wild- eyed, foaming-at-the-mouth racists," says Michael Pratt, a supporter of the plan. "But people have got the idea that tax money will be spent to bring in welfare families and dump them in the middle of Dubuque." Pratt lost his city council seat in last month's election...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Race Relations: A White Person's Town? | 12/23/1991 | See Source »

...times, this reveling in their misfortune turns nasty: They sell us down the river to the Commies; They dump goods on our markets; They won't pay up when we go kick Iraqi ass for them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dismembering Pearl Harbor | 12/7/1991 | See Source »

...first period, Harvard skated circles around Brown's lackadaisical, lackluster lines. The game began to heat up physically as well, with Crimson and Bears skaters exchanging stiff forearms and bone-crushing checks. Harvard's defense continued to dump the puck out of the zone, and Roy came up with several key saves...

Author: By Dan Jacobowitz and Jay K. Varma, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSONS | Title: Split Decision: M. Cagers Fall, Icemen Roll | 11/27/1991 | See Source »

With the Bahrain deal in hand, Quasha decided to dump almost everything else. The company owned 1,000 wells and 600 gas-station pumps, all of which helped produce more than $40 million in losses in 1990. Earlier this year, Quasha spun off Harken's debt-laden businesses into separate public companies and then retired as chairman. "I've yet to find a business that's had nothing but successes," says he. "We've obviously had disappointments...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Global Intrigue: The Wackiest Rig in Texas | 10/28/1991 | See Source »

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