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To: Terry Whitman who wrote (36254)	5/26/2000 11:32:00 PM
From: pater tenebrarum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42523

i know that stock...ABRG. was onboard during the run it had early this year. the pennies are dead however. this sounds a bit like pump&dump. i like this <<CNBC Has Forecast a Steady Climb in Oil Prices as well as Oil Company Shares>> ROFLMAO! that's supposed to be the basis for this reco? i sold the bulk of my oil stocks already. only have a few MRO left. i also think this is a time to sell them, not buy them. and yep, i'm pretty optimistic re. the gold miners here...sentiment is very negative right now, and yet people seem to regard them as a hedge against market turmoil. gold has to catch up with the CRB index. normally it leads it, but not this time. i guess that's due to the price being held in check artificially.

To: Terry Whitman who wrote (36254)	5/29/2000 12:53:00 PM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42523

Hook Gets Attention of Miller Jeffrey Denberg - Staff Monday, May 29, 2000 New York --- The story of Reggie Miller and the missing 33 seconds refused to go away Sunday. Miller chafed under questioning. Indiana Pacers coach Larry Bird leaned back and fanned the flames. If history tells you anything about Reggie Miller, he will be primed today when the Pacers play Game 4 of the NBA Eastern Conference finals. Bird reiterated his unhappiness with Miller and the rest of the Pacers after they were beaten 98-95 Saturday by the New York Knicks, who played without Patrick Ewing and lost Marcus Camby in the second quarter. "The pressure's squarely on us," Bird said. "We didn't play well in Game 2, so they should be up 2-1. But we had a chance to come in here and close out the series. That's what I wanted to do, but I know the mentality of our team. They're thinking, come in here and get one. That's how they are. They talk that way." There are no more than 11 games left in Bird's three-year coaching career, and the mentality of his players so frustrates him he wants out in a hurry. "I'm goin' fishing," he said. "Hopefully, we'll play for the championship and win it, and then as soon as I can I'm going fishing." But before he throws his hook in the water Bird is setting out bait for Miller, hoping he can stoke his ego and reel in one of those Superman games. Explaining his decision to keep Miller on the bench coming out of a timeout with 33.7 seconds to go in a six-point game, Bird said, "He was frustrated and all he wanted to do was talk to the officials, and I didn't want him out there. . . .The other thing is we were scoring very well without him. But if they had called a foul with 4.8 seconds to go, he would have been back in the game." The Miller controversy was fueled by an exchange between Miller and Boston Globe columnist Bob Ryan after Miller responded to probing questions by snapping, "Like I said, it is a coach's call. I am not going to check myself in." Ryan: "Larry did it when he played." Miller: "I'd like to see that when he did that. That is just a story. OK. You were there, but you don't know what happened in the huddle. OK?" Sunday, the question was put to Bird. "Well, there was a tight game against the Pistons one time and the coach said 'Jerry' and I thought he said Larry and I went in," Bird said. "I heard about it from (coach) Bill Fitch later. Then, back in '81, we were up 12, 13 against Houston and they scored eight in a row and I was getting edgy. (Teammate) Rick Roby said, 'Go in the game.' I said, 'I can't do that,' and Rick said, 'Oh, yes you can.' But I didn't." Asked if he had ever done it under the easy rein of K.C. Jones, Bird said, "No, I had too much respect for K.C. to do that." Actually, he might have told Jones he was going in before he did it.