Word: falling
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...time to begin the school year--and the real discussions on diversity. This year, in fact, looks to be full of debate on issues of multiculturalism. Not only has a new organization, the "Multicultural Issues Forum," started up, but the Institute of Politics is centering this weekend's Fall 1998 Conference on "A Seat at the Table: Fairness in Minority Representation...
...This fall the airlines are adding a new layer of complexity. As part of three major alliances--Northwest with Continental (still pending), Delta with United and American with US Airways--members will be able to earn miles on either carrier and, to a certain extent, pool them. But while that might grant flyers more options, it could also limit competition and further increase already sky-high demand for free seats. Frequent-flyer programs are shrouded in secrecy, but according to Randy Petersen, editor of the trade magazine InsideFlyer, most airlines make only about 7% of seats on a major route...
...originated in the spring of 1990 in Burleson, Texas, when several public school students told youth minister Billy Beacham that they felt "burdened" by God to pray at their school flagpoles. Southern Baptist state youth evangelism coordinator Chuck Flowers decided to try a Texas-wide version that fall. Beacham remembers predicting 5,000 participants; 48,000 showed. The next year the event went countrywide, and the National Network, which acts as an information clearinghouse for some 100 youth evangelical groups, became involved. Says Clark: "It was like lighting dry brush with a match." The religion-tracking Barna Research Group tallied...
Despite its reputation, Frasier really is just another sitcom, and it uses all the typical devices. It seems as if almost every comedy on TV ended last season with a dramatic plot twist, and Frasier was no exception: everyone was fired from the station. This fall's first episode shows Frasier as he tries to deal with the grief over losing his job, and while it is above the average level of TV comedy, it's still fairly routine. Frasier's smashing a pinata at the ex-employees' picnic is the kind of contrived moment you could just as easily...
What do these insiders see that Wall Street doesn't? Are they thinking that oil prices can fall no lower than they have? Do they know something about OPEC that we don't? No. What these executives see is that their stocks' prices reflect overly pessimistic assumptions by Wall Street--just as those stocks reflected overly optimistic assumptions when many of the same insiders were selling frantically a year ago, for double and triple today's prices...