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Hong Kong's Hang Seng index fell 7 percent, as foreign markets also fell yesterday...

Author: By Bruce Meyerson, ASSOCIATED PRESS | Title: Dow Takes Largest Plunge in History | 10/28/1997 | See Source »

...whole season coming down to that last two minutes, and that was the time to get it done," senior defensive tackle Chris Schaefer said. "Basically, your only focus point is to do whatever you can to get to the ball, to get to the quarterback, let it all hang out and just...

Author: By Bryan Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Ugly But Safe; Football Edges Out Princeton | 10/27/1997 | See Source »

...certainly was my big inspiration. I grew up reading Harold Robbins, and he created such an exciting, glamorous, visual trip that, from the first chapter of A Stone for Danny Fisher, I was totally hooked. What a writer! Big, bad guys and beautiful women. My only hang-up with Harold was, Why were the beautiful women always so available to the big, bad guys? I've always preferred strong women who functioned outside the bedroom--or, in Harold's case, car, elevator, boat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eulogy: HAROLD ROBBINS | 10/27/1997 | See Source »

...Trouble started early on Wall Street when traders grew worried about a 6 percent decline in Hong Kong's Hang Seng index Monday. The Asian economic crisis, which started the Hong Kong avalanche, spread to Latin America and continued to put severe pressure on European and American markets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tiger Trouble Spooks the Bulls | 10/27/1997 | See Source »

...Meanwhile, on the other side of the world: There were rumblings in Asia, and it had nothing to do with the dim sum. While Wall Street paraded record profits, in Hong Kong the sky was falling. Efforts to prop up the currency rocked the Hang Seng index, and the effect was more catastrophic than any galactic collision. By Friday, the Dow was as bitten as a Marv Albert chew-toy. Looks like George Soros has a lot more to answer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIME's Weekend Review | 10/25/1997 | See Source »

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