      The weekend before this momentous date, I stayed home in my upper east-side apartment in Manhattan and researched. I read the most recent issue ofBarren's three times and found the Barren's issues from July of 1996preceding and following the correction that year. (I never throw out myBarren's, and have a severe fire hazard sitting under my bed.) I surfed theweb and used the Bloomberg machine at my friend's office. I read the WallStreet Journal and Investors Business Daily for the previous two weeks,cover to cover.