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This is no time to dump tech stocks wholesale. The information revolution will continue to shape the world economy for years to come, and profitable tech companies remain solid long-term holdings. But if you must lighten up on tech to broaden your portfolio, do it. Companies that build tractors, equipment, highways and skyscrapers--left for dead until a few weeks ago--may be in favor for a year or longer. The biggest cyclical names, like Caterpillar, International Paper and DuPont, have already had huge moves but probably still have room to run. Consider also an investment in a Wilshire...
...While he capitalizes handsomely on the freedom afforded by fiction (so many more people you can zing without fear of libel!), Andersen is hamstrung by the overall structure that the genre demands. His sentences may sparkle, but the book's forward motion is a sputtering lope. Its loose, digressive shape makes Turn of the Century awfully easy to put down...
...undead--the featured creature was mummified alive some 3,000 years ago for unwisely lusting after the Pharaoh's mistress--and you will unleash a nonstop barrage of special effects. That would be O.K. if The Mummy's computer whizzes had generated something fresh, but it's pretty much shape-shifting and meteorological anomalies as usual. These batter into senselessness the wan efforts, led by Brendan Fraser as the chief tomb robber, to impart a sort of cheeky, Indiana Jonesish air to this hopelessly overwrought and deeply dopey movie...
...then wander off thinking, "Sixty pages in five days? Dude, I'm glad I don't have to do that. I'm in good shape. Let's go to Uno's. Let's go to the MFA. Let's party...
...competing at IC4As next weekend, and we haven't raced in two weeks. This meet should help us get in good racing shape," Ciollo said. "Darrin, Scott, and Dave have all run very well all season, and I'm sure they're looking...