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Since 1921, in 13 cases in which rates were cut swiftly three times in a row, the Dow has been higher one year after the third cut on 12 occasions. A cut this week would be the third this go-round. The median gain in the 13 cases was 25%, according to Ned Davis Research. The NASDAQ, which came into being in 1971, has never been negative a year after a third consecutive rate cut, and its gains have also been impressive...
...conceivable, of course, that the KKK has some deep-seated desire to pick up litter along Missouri's highways and byways, or to plant a few posies on the median just in time for spring. But by the time the case got to the first round of appeals, it was all about legalities. According to Thomas Robb, national director of the KKK based in Harrison, Ark., the legal challenge was "a purely constitutional issue...
...computer outlets on board?for visiting I.O.C. delegates. Streets are lined with 100,000 bid posters and brightened up with huge urns of fake carnations, presently covered with plastic sheets to keep off the soot. The People's Armed Police, the paramilitary force that suppresses domestic unrest, has whitewashed median strips, and near Tiananmen Square, workers have painted the desiccated February grass green...
This difficult life requires obstinacy. There are no stores for shopping. The settlers must travel the roads outside their homes in high-speed convoys, for fear of snipers. Last week the army uprooted crops for 50 yds. on either side of the road and cut down palms on the median strip. But few doubt that the snipers are even now looking for new roosts. Perhaps most stressful is the fact that life is filled with the tension and rage bred by living among people who hate your presence. Zweig's family lives in a small mobile home, and although...
...neighborhood groups halted further installation. The Columbia-Savin Hill Civic Association, a residents' group in Dorchester, specifically opposed plans to place a grand Sol LeWitt sculpture on the entrance road to the school, off Morrissey Boulevard. LeWitt's piece, entitled "100 Columns," is site-specific for the entrance median and consists of 8200 concrete blocks ranging from four to 30' in height. Reminiscent of skyscrapers or a series of musical notes, the sculpture would pay homage to the Boston skyline while greeting visitors with an illusion of syncopated harmony. But to Annissa Essaibi, president of the Columbia-Savin Hill Civic...