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...price of that company's stock as it used to be. Even in late 1976, the 30 stocks in the Dow Jones industrial average were selling at a price of 10.4 times earnings; the estimated price-earnings ratio for 1977 is less than eight. Avco, Chrysler and Rapid American shares are selling at only about three times earnings...
...rogue capable of fast-talking his way out of any difficulty. On his radio and TV quiz show You Bet Your Life, he was able to deploy all his famous trademarks: the loping gait, arched eyebrows, lecherous leer and emotive cigar. He was, above all, the master of the rapid-fire wisecrack. Examples: While accepting a medal from France, he quipped, "Can it be hocked?" When asked why he was always accompanied by beautiful women, he retorted, "They're very useful at night and frequently during the day." When being wooed by a club, he sniped, "I wouldn...
...though he professes to admire Reasoner's whimsical essays and Walters' interviews, is convinced that ABC'S broadcasts are too slow-paced. "Cronkite," he says admiringly, "has that laid-back appearance, but he is a speed reader. He talks as fast as people on the street, rapid-fire...
...more from depressed countries by either revaluing their currencies (to make imports cheaper) or expanding their economies faster (to increase demand for foreign products). The main reason for the big U.S. deficit, Treasury officials contend, is that the American economy has been growing at a much more rapid rate than its trading partners in Europe, South America and Asia. As a result, while markets for U.S. products have remained soft, American demand for imported goods has intensified. Foreign oil alone will cost the U.S. an estimated $40 billion this year, or about a third of all imports...
...resources in offspring?and genes?that are not his. In the long run, however, natural selection sharpens up both the ability to cheat and the ability to detect cheating. Trivers and Dawkins suggest that the need for deceit?and for its detection?may have been responsible for the rapid enlargement of the human brain during the Pleistocene...