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Such was the speculative fever when an obscure company named Genentech came to the over-the-counter market with a $36 million stock offering last fall. Veteran traders had never seen such commotion over an embryonic company, which had only 140 employees, sold no product to the public and showed a profit for just one year, at a rate of 2¢ per share. In fact, Genentech is only one of a growing number of similar companies just coming into existence that offer little more than vague promises of scientific things to come...
...afford one lady," said her father, who had to struggle to keep her there. Working in school plays gave her a taste of drama. During a trip to a real backstage-to visit Rosalind Russell in Wonderful Town-she became infected with an incurable disease: the dread Broadway fever. Says she: "I was hooked...
...Dreyfus dilemma is shared by many of his fellow Governors, especially in states that have adopted strong tax limitation measures. After the 1978 passage of California's Proposition 13, which slashed property levies by 57%, tax-cut fever spread across the nation like an exotic strain of flu. Yet state officials, who only a year or two ago were burning with the fever, now find themselves trying to balance their budgets, keep from raising taxes, and avoid cutting back on services - all at the same time. Even where there have not been moves to limit taxes, the Reagan Administration...
...other hand, a win would reignitc the Crimson's tourney fever...
...added that being named "Man of the Year" was "more exciting" than his Academy Award nomination for Saturday Night Fever, the movie which established Travolta as a film star...