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...sign that high hopes weren't warranted had come in late 1983, when the First National Bank of Midland collapsed under the weight of bad loans. "We had a saying that year," says oilman Don Evans, now national finance chairman for Bush's exploratory committee: "'Stay alive till '85.'" But '85 was worse. Oil prices sagged, and investments dried up. By December, rumor had it that oil prices were about to plunge, and it happened right on schedule in January 1986. As prices cratered, those who had been using their oil reserves as collateral defaulted to the banks. Midland...
...right, class, pencils down, lighten up. It's summer. Summer-movie time. And that means you can have your brains cryogenically frozen till fall. You won't have to take Cliffs Notes to any movie, unless it's Dick, the comedy about two '70s teenagers who were supposedly Watergate's Deep Throat--and that picture boasts giggling girls, a fart joke and a Chief Executive who serendipitously shares his nickname with the male organ. As for mega-serioso drama, the main one is Eyes Wide Shut, and that has Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman making weird whoopee, so it shouldn...
Crown Prince Naruhito (with his wife Masako) is heir to a clan that claimed divinity until Japan's defeat in World War II. Imperial brides till then had come from the nobility. But the Prince's mother, the Empress Michiko, is a commoner, as is Masako...
...best way to stop it is, as with any disease, not to get it. ExploreZip comes in an e-mail attachment, maybe even with the name of someone you know on it. "I received your e-mail, and I shall reply ASAP," the ExploreZip message reads. "Till then, take a look at the zipped docs." Do NOT take a look at the "zipped docs." The worm will be out of the can and munching on everything from your Outlook e-mail program to your big PowerPoint presentation before you can say, "Hmm. I never asked for any ?zipped docs.?" Beware...
...prosper; if you are slow, you die. Casualties are high. Now both NASDAQ and the New York Stock Exchange want you to venture into those badlands. Both exchanges made it clear last week that the 4 p.m. closing bell will signify nothing come fall. The markets will stay open till...