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...rain persisted throughout the game Friday, and, with the Bears leading by the eventual margin of victory in the top of the fourth inning, conditions worsened to the point that play was stopped for 90 minutes...
...chose the women and girls in your life, you are right only for the last question--and even then, not by the margin you might expect. About 40% of Americans who go on compulsive-eating sprees are men. Thirty-eight percent of men want bigger pecs, while only 34% of women want bigger breasts. And more boys have fretted about zits than girls, going all the way back to a 1972 study...
...that point, Northeastern decided to hand the ball over to backup catcher Dan Connolly. The backstop made his first career appearance on the other side of the plate, and promptly gave up an RBI bloop single to Shakir. Lentz' sacrifice fly later in the inning accounted for the final margin...
...bloodsucking vampire bat? Yes, the correct answer is b. Through trial and error over many eons, these bats have devised a market for blood that allows a bat to call on other bats when they find themselves with a temporary liquidity crisis. By contrast, when investors faced margin calls during the market free fall on Tuesday, brokers dumped customers' stocks, inflicting pain on clients and accelerating the downdraft. The vampire-bat comparison may be comical, but it points to a vulnerability of today's markets that should give pause to investors who play the market swings...
...Individuals who plan to hold their shares for years needn't worry, but those who believe they can jump out at the first sign of trouble would do well to ponder last Tuesday's brief but terrifying free fall. They might also rethink the wisdom of buying stocks on margin in today's take-no- prisoners market...