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...CITY is under pressure as never before due to rising property values in the Boston area--which translate into high rents and a frantic rate of development. By casting ballots tomorrow for City Council candidates who strongly support rent control and restrictions on development, Cambridge voters can make sure that when the city changes, it will be for the better...
Just before the opening bell, Phelan reads aloud a message from President Reagan praising traders for their "calm, professional" work during the frantic week. Citibank lowers its prime rate by a quarter-point, to 9%; other New York banks follow within 20 minutes. Inexplicably, the market plummets 138 points in the first 45 minutes...
...order. I usually get tea--Earl Grey with milk and honey. But tonight demands coffee, strong and dark. With only a little cream. It's psychological, not the caffeine. The cups at Pamplona are heavy, my energy is absorbed in the act of drinking. Our conversation is frantic, fueled by nervous energy and lack of sleep...
...YORK--Stocks tumbled in frantic trading yesterday, dousing hopes of quick recovery from the market's historic crash and raising fears that violent financial spasms may afflict the world indefinitely...
...frantic selling that gripped the New York and London exchanges much of the day reverberated through every other market, eroding the dollar's value and pushing up the price of U.S. treasury bonds and gold in a migration to safehaven securities...