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...less obvious risk is that the S&P might zoom 75% right off the bat, say, and then just sit there for five years. That would be an "average" 75% gain, which Citi would have to double. Wow. But, my friends, the chances of the market zooming 75% anytime soon are . . . Well, forget about it. In any event, Citi can hedge against these risks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Money Angles: A Primer on Market Pitfalls | 5/3/1993 | See Source »

...attended an Open House at The Crimson, and the business editor who gave the tour had a beer in his hand. "Wow," I thought, "they must drink like fish at this newspaper! They must drink all day long and into the night!" Wrong...

Author: By Molly B. Confer, | Title: Remembering the Invasion | 4/24/1993 | See Source »

...went into Boston on Saturday to go shopping. "Wow," I thought, "if I go to school here I'll go shopping all the time. I'll set aside a little time to go into Boston each weekend." Wrong...

Author: By Molly B. Confer, | Title: Remembering the Invasion | 4/24/1993 | See Source »

...girl who came up to me at the Ice Cream Bash and, after I introduced myself, exclaimed, "Wow! I've never met anyone from Nebraska before!" She's one of my roommates. She's on The Crimson, too. Last night it wasn't her turn to do the editorial page. That's too bad, because I don't know if Joanna's ever edited anyone from Nebraska before...

Author: By Molly B. Confer, | Title: Remembering the Invasion | 4/24/1993 | See Source »

...Avenue on a Saturday afternoon. A personable young man with Hollywood good looks and a funny foreign name was getting his wavy, dark-blond hair cut. The barber struck up a conversation. "So," she inquired, "what do you do?" He replied that he worked with the local symphony orchestra. "Wow!" she exclaimed. "What instrument do you play?" Actually, he said, he was the conductor -- had she ever attended a concert? "Of course not," she said, and went back to cutting his hair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: L.A.'s Fair-Haired Finn | 3/15/1993 | See Source »

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