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...School, located near the New Mexico border in the Texas panhandle, hunch over their desks and busily scribble on their work sheets. There is absolute silence. Keith Meiwes, a fourth-grader who was once intimidated by math, is now doing seventh- and eighth-grade classwork. Melissa Meyer and Amy Perrin also credit Kumon with their new success in math. "This program has helped to give them self- confidence, a better self-image and motivation," says principal Bill McLaughlin. Nonetheless, Walcott teacher Cathy Fury finds most students still need aid: "It has helped the poorer students most...
...working here," say Ed Perrin '91, who works at the Lowell grill. "It's like doing an extracurricular and getting paid...
...before the collapse. And despite the cost cutting, a fresh wave of gloom rolled through investment houses last week. Even as the Dow Jones industrial average surged 72.40 points to a post-crash high of 2409.46, blue- chip firms announced setbacks that ranged from layoffs to plunging profits. Says Perrin Long, who follows the securities industry for Lipper Analytical Services in Manhattan: "A new reality...
...left in place safely for half an hour. The vacuum machine costs about $450. Urologist Perry Nadig of San Antonio has followed 340 of his patients who have used the device, some for as long as six years; fully 80% of the men are satisfied with the results. Morton Perrin, 76, of Durango, Colo., whose impotence followed surgery for prostate cancer ten years ago, says he and his wife are delighted: "You'd think we were 26 years old again...
...issue there was near unanimity. "There will be more layoffs," said Perrin Long, an analyst at Lipper Analytical Services, which studies securities firms. "The brokerages could run much leaner than they are now." Concurred Jack Barbanel, senior vice president of Gruntal & Co.: "The message is clear -- Wall Street is tightening its hatches." Long predicts that as many as 24,000 securities-industry employees will lose their jobs over the next twelve to 18 months -- and even that, he believes, is not enough. If Wall Street hopes to stay profitable in the troubled times ahead, Long thinks a safer number...