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...hours later, it had sunk in. My roommate and his "fiancee" had agreed to tie the knot, or, if you prefer, get hitched. They had chosen to zip the proverbial sleeping bags of their life together. Sure, they had dated for two years. But 60 more? And, dare I say it, children...
...there were the economic considerations. Bush's decision to begin the air war came just as administration officials were admitting what the rest of the nation had known for months--that the United States economy had sunk into recession. Declining GNP and American share of world trade coupled with the huge deficits Bush inherited from Ronald Reagan meant the last thing the U.S. economy needed was a long, expensive...
...number of current polls show that Bush's rating has soared into the 80s and 90s. But Gallup, perhaps the most respected sampler, waited until the gulf victory had sunk in and then launched its canvass over the weekend. The figures will be announced this week. The Gallup experts predict that Bush will equal the Truman mark and perhaps even...
...lifetime has turned $9,000 into more than $3 billion, recently bought major stakes in troubled industries. He invested an estimated $250 million in Wells Fargo & Co. and $300 million in Champion International, a paper-products company. Laurence Tisch and his family-controlled Loews Corp. have sunk hundreds of millions of dollars into Bank of Boston and Continental Bank. Concludes security analyst Bruce Benteman, who tracks the nation's wealthiest stock pickers: "Everyone thinks our problems in banking and real estate are worse than they've ever been, but the smartest investors are saying these aren't anything that...
...Harvard's two games this season, Healy has sunk four treys for a 600 clip, but Maher, last year's third ranked three-point shooter in the country, has been ice cold, hitting only one of nine from behind the arc. Wambach has jump-started the Crimson offense, nailing seven three-pointers and tallying 46 points...