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Wall Street and Fort Knox are still there, of course, but their mystique is fading fast. Not even James Bond's nemesis Auric Goldfinger would try to rob the fort anymore; bullion is in a two-decade-long slump. Nowadays, real money doesn't glitter or clink. It blinks across the world's computer screens. More wealth is created--or destroyed--in an instant than J.P. Morgan could have comprehended. Net-savvy investors are reaping the rewards and assuming the risks of controlling their financial destiny...
...first half, Cornell had seven offensive drives in the second half. Instead of five three-and-outs, however, the Big Red scored five times. Cornell junior quarterback Ricky Rahne broke out his first half slump and lit up the Crimson secondary for 342 yards and four touchdowns in the second half. Conversely, Harvard's offense was unable to move the ball as easily as it had in the first half. The Crimson had its only two turnovers in the second half and was forced to punt on every other possession before the final drive...
...World Cup at the Rose Bowl, loses a thrilling 2-1 overtime match to its rivals from Norway, the last team to beat the USA in major international competition. Women's softball rebounds from losing three straight matches, after winning 112 consecutive games prior to the slump, and avenges each of the three losses en route to the gold medal. Women's basketball withstands a hostile home crowd and dominates Australia in the gold medal match to repeat as Olympic champs...
...offense had failed to get a first down. In fact, the Harvard offense through the first three series had lost 32 yards. Lafayette was leading 7-0, and most of us sitting up in the press box couldn't figure out how the Crimson might break out of the slump...
Ripken, however, is a career .276 hitter who was batting .275 this season--hardly a slump. In fact, Ripken has been on fire for the past two months. He is batting .358 in his last 52 games, and his .978 fielding percentage leads all American League third basemen this year. The Iron Man apparently had different motivations than the Iron Horse, but perhaps these facts also provide an explanation of another sort...