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Jewett said that he would have to think carefully about points raised during the meeting's hour-long discussion on the pros and cons of different housing systems before making his decision...
...share of Koch Industries, a $23 billion energy conglomerate, is likely to come before a jury this year in Kansas. Koch had no interest in another time-consuming try for the Cup himself, having & already proved to himself and the world that an inexperienced yachtsman could beat the pros. But after running TV spots about his 1992 win to boost his home-state standing, he could ill afford to abruptly abandon the sport. Moreover, Cup-related expenditures are tax-deductible. With market research showing waning interest in the event, a women's team was a way to do well...
With Marino, though, it seems even crueler. Think about it for a second. He is the best pure passer of his generation, probably ever, and he has never won a championship in anything. Not in the pros. Not in college. Not in high school. And not even in Pop Warner...
...general there's more panic in the headlines than in the minds of investment pros who follow Mexico. It's been only three years since Americans became big-time investors in the emerging markets, and we've learned some useful lessons already. The first is that emerging markets are particularly jumpy, with 200% gains one year and 60% drops the next -- as we've seen, for instance, with Turkey. And the drops get far more attention than the gains. Who remembers that the recent 30% fall in the Mexican Bolsa was preceded by a 70% rise in the NAFTA year...
School officials are just as worried, for while concussions in the N.F.L. get the most press, the danger of getting knocked out stalks all football players, from the pros to the Pee Wees. Studies have claimed that 20% of high- school and college players suffer concussions in a season (apparently using a much broader definition of the injury than the N.F.L. does). Says Dr. Martin Samuels, a Harvard Medical School neurologist: "The loss of consciousness that occurs in football is so frequent it's frightening...