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...called little guys have kept their cool. Rationally enough, most have stopped putting new money into stock or bond purchases, but few are rushing to sell. "I've done nothing," says Don Halbert, 41, a project leader and biologist with Abbott Labs in suburban Chicago. "I had a couple of stocks that were doing so well that at the beginning of last week I decided it was time to sell them. But then the market started to die, so I'm hanging on to everything," at least until prices recover a bit. After 2 1/2 years in the market, Aimee...
...have to raise the consciousness of thepolice to the important fact about Harvard and itsenvironment, which is that you can no longerassume that Harvard is a white suburban profile,"Epps said. 'We hope to establish that you cannotstop a person based on race...
Among the many loaded and profound messages conveyed, I did find one little gem of advice in "The Ref" particularly moving. Says Gus-robber-man to Jesse-delinquent-suburban-spawn, "kid, you may think running around stealing stuff is fun, but it really sucks." I think that Ted Demme is trying to reach the youth of America in this movie. He really wants to say, "Hey, kids. I know stealing stuff may be fun, but it really sucks...
...indeed, that when Rick Ames purchased a $540,000 suburban home--with cash--on a $70,000 a year salary, no heads turned in Langley, Virginia. If it is true that the CIA operates satellites which are able to read a license plate number from deepest darkest space it would seem they could do a better job in keeping an eye on their own personnel...
Ironically, the phenomenon is a return to the city's past. Before the unbridled freeway and suburban development of the 1950s and '60s, Los Angeles traveled on trolleys -- over an extended grid of 12 lines covering 1,500 miles. Metrolink and a complementary subway system under downtown to be completed in 1997 will eventually connect 70 stations across 400 miles of track -- a case of going back to the future...