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...last Wall Street's bulls found something to feed on. The Dow-Jones average, which had been floundering all summer, jumped 35 points following the Cuban crisis, and climbed another 11.55 points last week to close at 616.13. Chart watchers were particularly cheered that the market cracked 616, which to them had seemed a crucial and formidable number because the Dow-Jones had not closed so high since just before Blue Monday...
...applicants, rich and poor, will be listed on a big chart in Andover's admissions office. Studying each boy's credentials, three faculty men and an admissions director, working individually, will grade the applicant from 1 to 5, with 5 representing total disapproval. The four grades will be added (and a helpful three points will be subtracted from the totals of sons of Andover alumni). About one fifth of the boys-that is, those with low totals-will be accepted. The rest will be turned down...
...expected to fill an existing need for an edition of the RSV that will provide authoritative explanations of many points in the text." William Collins Sons & Co. is advertising the Collins Clear-Type Plantin Text RSV Bible, which features "four pages of full-color illustrated helps, a Biblical time chart in color, an entirely new collection of modern full-color photographs, and an eight-page, full-color selection of maps"-all for only $8.50 in the edition with "French Morocco Black Leather semi-overlapping covers, red under gold edges, ribbon marker, boxed." Harper & Row has a children's Bible...
...stock market last week confirmed the experts' gloomier expectations. The Dow-Jones average took a net loss for the week of 12,80, dropping to 578,98 (see chart below). Though it was still some 40 points above the low it hit last June, the market had dropped nearly half of the 80 points that it recouped in August, effectively erasing any lingering hopes that the summer rally might still have some steam...
...Including the sharp stock price drop, which is considered one of the most significant clues, 17 of the 30 now have thumbs down. On the bright side, two meaningful indicators, price per unit of labor costs and housing starts, were headed up last week (see chart...