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Word: p (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...listened carefully to a succession of brokers and analysts, and lost steadily. His only good advice came from an astrological marketeer who explained that "electrically charged investors turn positive or negative in sympathy with the positive or negative atmospheric polarity." This seer said to buy the March 25 S&P-100 call options. Rothchild risked $777.16 and made $400 in two weeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Fish Fry A FOOL AND HIS MONEY: THE ODYSSEY OF AN AVERAGE INVESTOR | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

...beguiling as she is fickle, Bizet's Gypsy Carmen is a temptress whose passions run the emotional alphabet from A to Z. Even on ice. For Debi Thomas, the accent is on P. Her Carmen is usually powerful, plucky, practical and pretty. Katarina Witt's Carmen is a study in S, at once sensuous, seductive, stylish and shrewd. But last Saturday night, when the long-awaited skate-off between the two Carmens got under way in the Olympic Saddledome, America's sweetheart proved an unexpected B: a bobbly bundle of nerves capable only of bronze...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Figure Skating: Katarina Witt took her golden place | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

Speaking of alphabets, after the world championships next month, Witt and her string of S's will probably head for the silver screen, while Thomas, who suits Carmen to a P, will study to become a physician. "I'm still alive," Thomas said firmly as her disappointing scores flashed. "I can get on in my life, and I'll be fine." Amid all the hype and cheers and tears, those words rang brave and sincere...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Figure Skating: Katarina Witt took her golden place | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

According to one student involved, Sean P. Nolan, the Review writers stopped the professor to ask his response to an article in last week's issue which criticized his course, "American Music in the Oral Tradition." Although it is unclear what happened next, according to a college spokesman, the confrontation between Cole and Christopher S. Baldwin, editor-in-chief of the Review, two other Review editors and Nolan, turned into a vigorous shouting match...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dartmouth Students to Face Hearing on Racial Incident | 3/5/1988 | See Source »

JERUSALEM--The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) claimed responsibility for a car packed with explosives that was found yesterday near a hotel where Secretary of State George P. Shultz was staying. The guerrilla group said Shultz was the target...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PLO Targets Shultz | 3/5/1988 | See Source »

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