Word: stockings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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FANS of big, thick black headlines have had a lot to be happy about in the last week or so. First, the stock market threatened to crash, and then the earth in California quaked. That's the most disaster that American newspapers have had to play with since the Challenger explosion. And both of last week's stories included double coverage potential: the business and sports sections, respectively, got to echo the front page...
...Americans respond to disasters and potential disasters is a subject worth dwelling upon. The permanent damage of the stock market's bounciness seems negligible at this point. And while dozens of people were killed in the San Francisco earthquake, and tens of thousands were left homeless, hundreds of millions of people all over the country saw, heard, read or talked about both incidents...
...case of the stock market, such a numerical need is perfectly logical. The number was the story: down 190.58 points. The way in which numbers are expected to grow into bigger numbers, however, is not so straightforward. Exciting numbers--200, 300, 400, 500--flitted through American minds all weekend. In the end, a combination of relief and disappointment greeted Monday's actual closing figure: back up 88.12 points...
...ability to remain optimistic would truly be commendable were optimism itself an object of value. About the stock market, our president said simply, "I'm not worried." Visiting California, Bush did let his emotions get the better of him when he said "Jesus" at the sight of Interstate 880. But he quickly recovered enough to sound presidential in expressing his "genuine appreciation for the way this community is pulling together...
Once a vanishing institution, mom-and-pop booksellers are thriving as never before by offering what chains like Waldenbooks can't: flavor, expertise and variety of stock...