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...HOUSEMARTINS: THE PEOPLE WHO GRINNED THEMSELVES TO DEATH (Elektra). A fast-moving band of Brits that uses a pared-down format to meet some serious social issues head...
...package: $4.6 million for food, clothing and medical supplies, along with $3.5 million to deliver the goods.) The stopgap allocation will help sustain the contras until Reagan can ask for fresh military assistance at the end of January. That will be shortly after Central American leaders are scheduled to meet in Costa Rica to determine whether the Sandinistas and the contras have tried in good faith to achieve a cease-fire. If the Sandinistas seem to be stalling, Congress could once again feel compelled to provide the rebels with yet another dollop of American military...
...when the market started to fall sharply on Oct. 14, customers began bailing out of Fidelity's 75 stock funds. Caught off guard with not enough cash on hand to meet the flood of redemptions, Fidelity was forced to sell shares heavily. On Oct. 19 alone, it sold nearly $1 billion worth of stock and thus helped to intensify the crash. Because Lynch is an aggressive fund manager who is usually light on conservative stocks, the Magellan Fund was especially hard hit by the collapse. An investment of $1,000 made on Sept. 30 is now worth...
Between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m., as Carolyn repacked to go home, Lynch plotted his strategy for the next day. Realizing that he would have to sell a huge bundle of stocks to meet redemptions, he decided to concentrate on unloading issues that were down only 10% or so, rather than take heavy losses on shares that had taken a worse beating. In particular, he chose to sell many of the British stocks in the Magellan portfolio, since the London Exchange had not fared as badly as Wall Street. But even as Lynch was deciding what to sell...
Though Gorbachev was at times plainly tired from his tough travel schedule, he never lapsed into small talk or veered from the issues at hand, Reagan said. The General Secretary was at serious labor. Gorbachev showed little curiosity about the White House or the people invited to meet him, did not talk about American history or heroes. "I don't know if he knew just who Joe DiMaggio was," said Reagan, recalling how, at the Yankee Clipper's request, he had asked Gorbachev to autograph a baseball. "But I explained that Joe was one of our great athletes...