Kudos to the crews from the Mississippi Department of Transportation for quickly getting Beach Boulevard open for traffic following Gustav's arrival on Monday.
By WILLIAM E. KIRWAN and R. GERALD TURNER Last weekend, Terrapins, Trojans, Mustangs and more took to the gridiron, kicking off the college football season. It was also the start of a new era in college football, one in which fantasy leagues run by commercial entities exploit college players as their virtual game pieces.
We know the state needs money to do what states do. We know the money has to come from the private sector. We know that what's taxed and what's exempted has economic and social consequences.
The Daily Herald local business columnist was all a'glee over the national items he discovered at summer's end: Burglaries were down 7 percent; Vice President George H.W. Bush and Commerce Secretary Malcolm Baldridge made "let's talk" phone calls to congratulate Chemical Bank of New York for lowering its prime lending rate 11.5 percent; Dow-Jones reported a one-day market drop of 36 points to "a still high of 995." And consumer prices "snailed along" at a mere 2.1 percent increase over the previous...
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Some people think that only the rich, who can afford lifestyles of leisure, can have joie de vivre, a true love of life. How wrong they are! A fisherman this morning, throw-net in hand, wading in the shallow waters of the flats, brought in to shore a large flounder, the only catch of the day. His broad smile bespoke happiness and delight. His day was complete with hearty and carefree enjoyment of life, a wonderful moment of joie de vivre!
