Word: fasted
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sense, the quip is appropriate. Ritchie can take a nice cynical approach to all matters--the bottom line is fame. Soon Ritchie owns a fancy car, and says he loves to drive fast. It's heady stuff for a 17-year-old. To put it mildly, humility is not one of Ritchie's distinguishing features...
...Americans appear to be turning into gullible fools when we give religious allegiance to so-called spiritual leaders who are promiscuous and abuse alcohol. It does not take a theological student to realize that these $ flagrantly wealthy, sex-ridden, fast-living "holy men" are not the real thing...
Nearly every investor develops a personal method or specialty. Investor Tedd Determan of Chicago, who puts most of his $1.4 million portfolio into small, fast-growing stocks, often invests in companies whose products he appreciates as a consumer. A confessed "popcorn freak," he savored the brand made by Golden Valley Microwave Foods, and so he bought the company's stock. It has gone up nearly 70% in value during the past year. In another instance, Determan was so impressed with the service at Jiffy Lube International, a franchised auto-service chain, that he bought 3,000 shares...
...market but lack the time or inclination to gamble on specific stocks, mutual funds have been the answer. Stock funds grew by $41.7 billion during 1986, a 33.4% increase, to reach total assets of $166.4 billion. But the number of stock funds, now in the hundreds, has mushroomed so fast that selecting one can be almost as tricky as picking individual issues. Even so, it is hard to go wrong in such a strong bull market. During the first half of the year, the average stock fund rose some...
Claiming credit for his state's New Age affluence, Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis has been fast gaining ground in the Democratic presidential race. This is one of a series of occasional profiles of major 1988 contenders...