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There it went again: up, up and away. As fidgety governments struggled with little success to halt the trend, the U.S. dollar took off last week on the sharpest rally since it surged to record heights against major currencies in 1985. The frenzied rise -- which brought the greenback's gain against the West German mark and the Japanese yen to 12.5% so far this year -- raised disturbing doubts about the ability of the U.S. and its major trading partners to keep exchange rates under control. "This is a runaway freight train," said Jay Goldinger, a Los Angeles-based trader. "Anyone...
...debate, which ranged over nearly two hours, was one of the sharpest in the Senate so far this year...
That line provoked the sharpest rejoinder of the day, from attorney Frank Susman, who argued on behalf of the Missouri abortion clinic that is challenging the antiabortion law: "It has always been my personal experience that when I pull a thread, my sleeve falls off . . . It is not a thread he is after. It is the full range of procreational rights and choices...
...sharpest insult came from an Easterner, Maine Coach Shawn Walsh. After Minnesota beat the Black Bears in the semifinals, Walsh proclaimed the Gophers the "team of the 80s." He lauded Minnesota's combination of "ability and class...
...such prices have climbed at an alarming 12.6% rate so far this year, aroused fears that inflation might be picking up just as the economy is slowing down. That warning of possible 1970s-style stagflation sent the Dow Jones industrial average down 48.57 points Friday, to 2,292.14, its sharpest one-day decline in eleven months...