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...high rates of domestic violence, its education system, and the power hierarchies dividing Anglos, Latinos and Native Americans. Basically, she wants to be Bill Richardson, governor of New Mexico and the first Hispanic candidate for the democratic nomination in 2008. Halfway through my interview with Andrea, her cell phone rang. She looked at the number and answered. “Caleb Weatherl, how do you know I was going to call tonight?” she said. “I will fill you in on the UC situation. It’s not what you think...
...made the decision that rang liberal to me,” she said when deciding which initiatives to vote...
...last hour of trading on Thursday, Oct. 23, 1929, stock prices suddenly plummeted. When the closing bell rang at 3 p.m. people were shaken. No one was sure what had just happened, but that evening provided enough time for fear and panic to set in. When the market opened again the next day, prices plunged with renewed violence. Stock transactions in those days were printed on ticker tape, which could only produce 285 words a minute. Thirteen million shares changed hands - the highest daily volume in the exchange's history at that point - and the tape didn't stop running...
...then came Black Monday. As soon as the opening bell rang on Oct. 28, prices began to drop. Huge blocks of shares changed hands, as previously impregnable companies like U.S. Steel and General Electric began to tumble. By the end of the day, the Dow had dropped 13%. So many shares changed hands that day that traders didn't have time to record them all. They worked into the night, sleeping in their offices or on the floor, trying to catch up to be ready for October...
...don’t watch their own home movies because they don’t have projectors or don’t know how to use them. It’s a daunting process for people who are used to VHS.” Coffey’s statement rang true for Lexington-native Reed Sturtevant, who first participated in Home Movie Day three years ago when it was held at the Boston Public Library. “You would see people come with big bags and boxes full of their home movies. I especially remembered this...