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...that the machines can escape ground turbulence and tap more consistent winds. Lighter materials could reduce the cost of building the towers. And researchers are looking into ways to store excess energy produced during windy periods so that it could be banked for use on calmer days or during peak energy demand...
...spectacular show of defiance in 1991. Wall Street's bulls ignored the crushing weight of debt on the economy and the signs of a protracted recession. Every major stock-market index pushed into record-high territory. The Dow Jones average leaped 535 points to an all-time peak of 3168.83, a gain of more than 20% -- and for good measure, rose nearly 33 points during the first two days of 1992. The S&P 500 gained even more than the Dow during 1991, rising 26%, and NASDAQ, the most popular measure for small stocks, surged a record...
...Jones average of 30 industrials rose 5.59 points to 3209.53, surpassing the closing peak of 3204.83 It reached two days before...
...year we feel compelled to sort it all out. Why? To impose order on the culture jumble, perhaps to restore a reassuringly human scale: when Warren Beatty represents a peak and Geraldo Rivera the pits, the concepts of triumph and disaster have been safely domesticated. And, of course, to play the parlor game. (The Simpsons better than thirtysomething? Come...
...that it's any surprise. When Irises sold for $53.9 million in 1987, any fool could see the Gogh-Gogh years were drawing to a close. No, it was not the peak; three years later, Van Gogh's Portrait of Dr. Gachet brought $82.5 million. But this is often the way it works, whether in the art market or any other -- a long run-up and then a final speculative blow...