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...paid attention. Just as Marxism is being dismantled by its managers, the market is being undone by its junkmen. Or is it? Capitalism seems to thrive on periodic collapses. After all, the Drexel affair is only the latest float in a parade of American infamies. They date back to the early 19th century, when a hustler named Daniel Drew delivered some livestock to the plutocrats Henry and John Jay Astor. On the last three days of the trip from Ohio to New York, Drew refused to let his cattle drink. Just before they clomped up to the weighing station...
...converse situation also seems to thrive here. When I am following a person towards an entryway door, why do I consistently end up running to catch the door before it closes? And before you say, "Well, maybe the person didn't know you were behind them," consider that it has happened to me when the sun is shining, when the rain is falling and even when I am shouting, "Hold the door please...
While sports dailies thrive in other nations, including France and Italy, they tend to stress facts and figures rather than slick writing. The National, on the other hand, presents itself as a literate journal aiming at young, well-off college graduates, presumably male. Some 1,200 pages of ads have been sold for the first year, 20% above initial projections, thanks in large part to Deford's credibility, which he has exploited by pitching to potential advertisers in person. Says Drew Marcus, an analyst at Kidder Peabody: "The paper is going after a very narrow niche, but one with...
...think I could thrive on that kind ofatmosphere," he says. "When the crowd hates you,it shows you're doing your job. I think beingbooed is fun. It gets your blood pumping...
...efforts to develop elms more resistant to Dutch elm disease. Within the next two years, the National Arboretum in Washington will distribute to nurseries several new varieties of elms that are less vulnerable to the Dutch elm disease fungus. Researchers believe that the new elms will be able to thrive even in the polluted conditions found in many cities...