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...bloated Nikkei average plummeted from nearly 39,000 to less than 15,000 in 2 1/2 years. Then there are recollections of the Great Crash itself, which have become part of America's memory. "People start thinking of the '20s and '30s," says author and retired fund manager Peter Lynch, "and almost everyone seems to have had an Uncle Louie who lost everything and ended up selling pencils...
Experts say the remedy for such roller-coaster rides is to invest for the long term rather than trade frequently in an effort to time market swings. "Stock market declines are normal," says Peter Lynch, who notes that the Fidelity Magellan Fund he managed fell nine times during his 13-year tenure. "Stocks have still averaged an 11% return through depressions and world wars," Lynch adds. "But if you're unable to stand volatility, you should not be in. If you spend more than 14 minutes a year worrying about the market, you've wasted 12 minutes...
...comparison to David Lynch's skewed soap opera is impossible to avoid, so best to get it out of the way quickly. Wild Palms would not exist if Twin Peaks hadn't paved the way. But Wild Palms is a total original -- just as daring as and perhaps even more demanding than Lynch's series. Twin Peaks, for all its weirdness, was at bottom a simple murder mystery: Who killed Laura Palmer? Wild Palms is denser and more disorienting, a paranoid dream play that bombards us with freaky characters and mystifying plot twists, tying them together only hours later...
Harvard's 4x100 relay team of Cruz, junior Kristina Lynch, sophomore Shireen Boulos and Boyle took second place with a time of 48.1 seconds, and the Crimson's 4x400 relay team of Boulos, Lynch, Boyle and freshman Amanda Williams also finished second...
...Lynch also took second in the 100-meter dash, with a time of 12.4 seconds, Boyle said. Freshman Heather MacLennan jumped 37 feet in the triple jump, good enough for third place...