Portfolio Pumping; Breathing While Republican; Balkan War Syndrome

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PORTFOLIO PUMPING

   Not new, but a good article is in the WALL STREET JOURNAL, 15 January 2001, pg. C21, col. 1:

_F.C.C. Probes "Portfolio Pumping"_
(...)  Portfolio pumping refers to end-of-quarter trading designed to lift a fund's quarterly performance results.
(...) (Col. 2--ed.)  ...portfolio pumping, known in Canada as "high-close trading"...

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BREATHING WHILE REPUBLICAN (BWR)

    Yet another catch political phrase.
    "Breathing While Republican (BWR)" is mentioned in a letter to the editor about the faults of George W. Bush's new Cabinet nominees in today's WALL STREET JOURNAL, 15 January 2001, pg. A23, col. 1.

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BALKAN WAR SYNDROME

    "Balkan War Syndrome" has made a number of recent articles.  A skeptic's view is in the WALL STREET JOURNAL, 15 January 2001, pg. A22, col. 3.