Elan Pharmaceuticals might have expected to party like it's 1999 when it was a highflier.

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Even in the lately frothy tech stock market, Dell is one highflier worth buying, says Rafael Resendes, president of Applied Finance Group of Chicago.

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Silicon Graphics, another former highflier, sought bankruptcy protection in May.

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Suzy, born to privilege and clearly destined to be a highflier, lost altitude by quitting her boarding school at 16 and going to Paris, where she worked for a while as a secretary.

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DON'T GROUND THIS HIGHFLIER THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES has canceled production of the proposed new F-22 fighter aircraft. (The Senate may try to revive it.) Six of these planes were slated to be built next year.

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