Word: fall
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...their peaks, and investors are finding there is no safety net in Netland. For those with faith and a long investment horizon, discounted prices today are compelling. That's why the bloodbath didn't turn into a bigger catastrophe. Early last Thursday, Net stocks were in free fall and touching their lowest levels of the year. Enough investors suddenly viewed them as bargains so that prices turned...
...Fall down and you're history," says veterinarian Terry Springer as we crawl out on a rickety catwalk over a beach in Alaska's Pribilof Islands. Below us, thousands of fur seals flop around in a frenzy. The 600-lb. bulls herd their harems to protect them from rival males emerging from the brisk waters of the Bering Sea. As the big males toss the 110-lb. females around like beach toys, my first thought is that male fur seals have not yet embraced feminism. Springer, though, has no time for such anthropomorphic musing. The Colorado State University scientist...
Maples and his two vanloads of kids were hardly alone. Since the April 20 massacre, sightseers and sympathizers have streamed to the Denver suburb of Littleton, turning Columbine into a tourist attraction. The attention will only increase this week as the school prepares to open on Monday for the fall semester. Last week the press was finally allowed to tour the interior, repaired for $1.2 million. Says principal Frank DeAngelis: "The kids wanted a promise that they would be able to return. Now we are ready to take back the school...
...notice for bringing pay cable's profanity to broadcast, but another risky import is the deep-insider view that worked for Larry Sanders' select, limited audience. (Creator and executive producer Chris Thompson, who was executive producer of Sanders, originally intended Action for HBO.) While Action could be the best fall comedy in an anemic field, and Mohr plays Dragon with an intriguingly baby-faced venom, looming over the show is the ghost of the short-lived Buffalo Bill (1983-84), which also portrayed a loathsome media figure (Dabney Coleman as a TV talk-show host). But today's fans...
...March, it is now the fourth most popular individual supplement in drugstore chains and general retail outlets. General Nutrition Centers reports that SAMe is surpassing even St. John's wort in sales. Two breathless guidebooks have already been published, and three more are coming in the fall...