Word: todays
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...superstar stock picker, Buffett has taken Berkshire's shareholders for an amazing ride, largely on the backs of stocks like Gillette, Coca-Cola and Disney. If you had put $10,000 in Berkshire when Buffett bought control in 1965, it would be worth $51 million today--literally 100 times the gain of the Standard & Poor's 500. Buffett's investment success has long overwhelmed Berkshire's other side, which owns and operates companies in aviation, furniture, insurance and fast food. Profits from those businesses traditionally haven't helped in evaluating Berkshire because investment gains have meant so much more...
...China's 50th anniversary [WORLD, Oct. 4], one would think Maoist China was a disaster. But when I visited the People's Republic in 1971, I saw something different. Peasants and workers were transforming their lives. China was looked to admiringly by people worldwide. What a difference from today's China, where once again extremes of wealth and poverty are creating degradation and misery. MARY LOU GREENBERG New York City
...capital for everyone. Dr. King led the 20th century drive to transform American culture. He fought to end segregation by changing the law. If Dr. King had not succeeded and Congress had not passed the 1965 Voting Rights Act, we would not have the multiracial, multicultural society we have today. Dr. King dispelled the notion that just because you were black, you could not lead. The healer, the builder of bridges, the one who changed the laws was Dr. King. As a leader he had no peer. --The Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, founder and president, Rainbow/PUSH Coalition...
...Teaching today takes restraint, energy and, above all, a sense of humor. While the kids downstairs eat cheese fries, half a dozen science teachers gather in the third-floor faculty lounge over leftovers from home. These 27 min. are more like a sanity break. When they enter the lounge, they get to be adults. They talk about everything from weekend plans to the lack of staff parking to the difference between sweet potatoes and yams...
...Today they are doing their regular Monday autopsy of the weekend, trying to figure out whether someone was wearing a thong under her toga at a party last Friday. When talk turns to college, most admit they haven't a clue where they're applying...