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...conventional measures of Wall Street, the market seems ripe for a setback. Not only are stocks heavily overpriced in relation to corporate earnings--the P/E ratio is now about 19--but the average dividend yield, which measures dividends as a percentage of prices, has fallen to an all-time low of less than 2%. Both gauges suggest the type of heedless buying that often precedes a bust. The public's hunger for shares has led Austin Grill, a chain of Tex-Mex eateries in the Washington area, to offer diners a helping of its new public offering along with their...
...back to earth in modern times, he would be either actively scorned or passively ignored by a population lost to materialism. That, of course, was before the talk shows and tabloids began directing the spiritual lives of simple, yearning souls. Nowadays, in his innocence, a Christ figure would be ripe for cheezoid exploitation...
...execution has not ended those thoughts. Watchers in Washington insist they do not believe Saudi Arabia is ripe for a takeover by Islamist holy warriors. But some analysts fear the Saudi rulers might have only a few years to find ways to begin reforming their absolute monarchy...
...would much prefer staying healthy to a ripe old age than staying forever young. If science succeeds in its search to keep us youthful, at what age do we stop growing old? And wouldn't it be embarrassing to find ourselves married to our great-grandmother's bridesmaid or, worse yet, her mother-in-law? Let the search end now. Grow old gracefully. GENE RATNER Carson City, Nevada Via E-mail
...tempted by the name, I ultimately decided to enroll at Harvard because I fell in love with the campus and met some interesting, fun, exciting people during my visit. I am involved in campus life and extol Harvard's virtues to prospectives and Harvard affiliates, alike. Basically, I was ripe for knowing the words to "Ten Thousand Men." So why didn...