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...stampede seemed to come from nowhere. In full defiance of such economic troubles as sagging real estate prices, weak corporate profits and the titanic savings and loan mess, investors in the U.S. and overseas have bullishly poured billions of dollars into the stock market during the past month. Last week the Dow Jones average broke the 2900 barrier for the first time, climbing 80 points and closing at 2900.97. All told, the Dow has risen 244 points since May 1 and has set record highs eleven times. The euphoria has spread far beyond the blue-chip Dow. The more broadly...
...play, sometimes even reciting recipes. A single product reference -- "Eye of newt, toe of frog, one-quarter cup ReaLemon reconstituted lemon juice" -- will be $20,000. An entire couplet will be priced at $40,000. For $60,000, the sisters will say, "Heck, let's just dump this mess and call Domino...
...kitchen counter at 36 Irving St. is an Etch-a-Sketch. On the grey face above the two knobs are not the usual convoluted stick men, shaky square house, or the even more usual quasigeometrical mess of random shapes and wiggles. Glaring from the screen is a squat, intricate medieval demon named Baphomet, who has a cross in his crotch, a flaming eye in his right hand and a nasty leer on his toothy face. Baphomet used to be regarded as the guardian of the gates of hell, and here, on the kitchen counter, in the squiggly confines...
...billion to be borrowed under Bush's S&L bailout plan would be plenty to do the job. "I know of nothing that would change my view," he said. Even as Treasury officials and banking regulators bickered over the need for more money, Bush aides downplayed the mess. "It's just not on our scope," a senior White House official said confidently in February...
...civil suits from Silverado's depositors. While the younger Bush's role in the thrift's failure may have been a small one, it was a telling example of what went wrong in the S&L industry. Silverado alone will add $1 billion to the cost of the thrift mess...