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To: Tom Byron who wrote (13361)	2/12/2002 8:58:34 AM
From: Alan Whirlwind	Respond to of 81753

Gold sucks when you use a straw. From Assc. Press... Despite the festivities, some Chinese astrologers warned the Year of the Horse will be a ``blind year'' - a bad time in world economics and politics when couples should avoid getting married. ``Financially this year is very bad, because of our big brother, America,'' said Kuan Siew Meow, an ethnic Chinese astrologer in Singapore. ``In Afghanistan, it will continue through the year. In the Year of the Horse I don't see any immediate peace.'' But most of the region celebrated anyway. Hong Kong's stock and gold markets shut down for three days Tuesday, with tens of thousands of people lining downtown streets to see a parade featuring lion dancers, dragon floats and the San Francisco 49ers cheerleaders.