Word: gain
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After the long holiday weekend, Wall Street stocks staged a bull run Tuesday, sending several stock indices to all-time closing highs, as long-term bond interest rates fell and investors jumped back into technology shares. Gains in the technology sector lifted the Nasdaq Composite to a record close of 1,039.30, up 19.83 -- its biggest gain since the 23.54-point rise April 5, 1994. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 22.54 points to close at 4,670.08. The Standard and Poor's 500 stocks rose 5.32 to 569.16. Advancers led decliners 1,499 to 782 on moderate volume...
...spoke with a parade of reporters over the next few days. In an interview with TIME, he described the fierce gamesmanship between him and his captors. "I was in a small room, only 4 sq m [43 sq. ft.]. These young guards were with me all the time." To gain the tiniest measure of privacy, he shamed them into letting him close the door of the toilet (though they peered through a peephole) and stared at them in the mirror over a small desk until "they think I use the mirror to watch them, so they remove it." He then...
...recent interagency agreement that established the Arctic Science Submarine Program is truly unique and valuable. It sponsors a series of annual cruises to the Arctic Ocean under the sea ice for civilian science, exploiting the endurance and flexibility of a nuclear submarine. Each participating agency has something to gain. As budgets shrink, costs rise and the quest for knowledge continues, the only answer is to cooperate! GEORGE B. NEWTON, Member Arctic Research Commission Arlington, Virginia...
...either make this deal or prevent it from happening." If or when the deal gels, she adds, "it's not clear whether all those egos (Malone, Time Warner Chairman Gerald Levin and Ted Turner himself) can live together." Levin's motive? "Although the price is high, Time Warner will gain a strong cash flow, unique programming opportunities and the ability to package that programming internationally...
...much glamour as an airline pilot's or pay so well--up to $180,000 a year at a major airline. And few jobs remain so overwhelmingly dominated by white males--97%. "Airlines only hired us because they were sued," says Patrice Clarke Washington, the first black female to gain her stripes as a captain at a major airline, United Parcel Service...