Word: nevers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...evils of society." Others say the law is a good example of justice made blind. Government investigators indicate that, as originally intended, RICO has significantly dented the operations of organized crime. But Notre Dame law professor G. Robert Blakey, one of its main drafters, insists that Congress never intended to restrict its application to the Mob. "We don't want one set of rules for people whose collars are blue or whose names end in vowels, and another set for those whose collars are white and have Ivy League diplomas," he says...
Last week the shelling sharply intensified, spreading well beyond Beirut's boundaries and leading some observers to speculate that Syria might be making a decisive assault. "Until the problem of Lebanon is solved," says a Lebanese diplomat, "there will never be a resolution of the hostages...
...suddenly become woozy about the market's new heights. After a 230-point rise in 1988, the Dow Jones industrial average has zoomed more than 500 points this year, 200 just since the beginning of July. "I've been on this trading floor for 39 years, and I've never seen a market go up so fast for so long without a major break," said Donald Stone, a specialist in consumer stocks on the New York Stock Exchange...
Another reason for nervousness right now is the too-good-to-last superstition. "This could be the eighth up year in a row," says Morgan Stanley's Byron Wien. "That's never happened in this century." During this bull cycle, U.S. stocks have produced a compounded 17% annual return, almost twice their historic 9% average. Even during the crash year of 1987, the Dow managed to rise...
...line. Nothing biting today except the horseshoe crab. Agitated, he untangles one from his line and tosses it back. He has few kind words for the crabs; the fact is, he finds inanimate objects more provocative. "Each year, you see ten or 20 articles about the crabs, but you never see any about the sandbars," he bellyaches, pointing to the tidal flats along the bay's eastern shore. "The sandbars are more interesting...