Word: goliaths
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Especially when Goliath wins...
...words of Wilt Chamberlain, nobody roots for Goliath...
...neighborhood preservationists and developers, between low-income artists and the dotcommers who've invaded their turf, between small businesses that can no longer afford skyrocketing rents and the chains, real estate offices and pricey boutiques that can. Says Mime Troupe playwright Joan Holden: "It's been a David-and-Goliath knock-down, drag-out fight--the people against city hall." In the November election, the battleground was competing ballot propositions. Prop L, advanced by artists and activists, would have protected artists' spaces from dotcom takeovers, while Mayor Willie Brown's Prop K would have set less stringent limits...
GAINING ON GOLIATH Exchange-traded funds are growing rapidly. In December they attracted nearly as much new money as mutual funds, which netted $11.6 billion. ETFs are relatively new pooled investment vehicles, whose shares can be traded throughout the day. Total assets doubled last year, to $72 billion. Impressive but pocket change compared with the $7.2 trillion invested in U.S. mutuals...
...Truth be told, for every victory by David, there's 10 for Goliath. Bryce Drew led Valparaiso to the Sweet 16 in 1998, the same year that Prairie View lost to Kansas by 58. Most people remember the former, and that's a good thing...