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...biggest running story in the U.S. for the past decade has been the lusty growth of the nation's economy. Nevertheless, most U.S. dailies still tuck away the important stories of business on financial pages, where they are not only hard to find but often badly written in financial jargon. One notable exception is Manhattan's Wall Street Journal, which consistently plays up business news, makes it as lively and readable as news of crisis and crime. As a result, the Journal has written a lusty success story of its own since World War II. In ten years...
...Indonesia might worry about the final count in the new recent nip-and-tuck election: the women were far more exercised about "that woman of Solo...
...seconds earned their third place after a nip-and-tuck battle with Princeton, pulling away only after the last quarter mile. Times were Cornell, 6:06.1; Yale, 6:07.4; Harvard, 6:14.3; Princeton, 6:15.9; Navy, 6:17.5; and Penn...
...This year's competition is nip and tuck. Right now there are four or five top teams in the running," he went...
...roll all the world's seaside picnics into an impressionistic memory of one boyhood frolic: "August Bank Holiday-a tune on an ice-cream cornet. A slap of sea and a tickle of sand ... A wince and whinny of bathers dancing into deceptive water. A tuck of dresses. A rolling of trousers ... A sunburn of girls and a lark of boys. A silent hullabaloo of balloons." Appearing near the first anniversary of Dylan Thomas' death, this litany for fellow poets, lost youth and loved objects shows again how much the English language will miss its larking balloonman...