The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Friday, August 26, 1994                TAG: 9408260027
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A18  EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Editorial
                                             LENGTH: Short :   20 lines

POSTSCRIPT

A HEALTH-CARE RALLY: The stock market boomed more than 70 points on Wednesday, the biggest one-day gain since April 5, taking the market to its highest level since last March. Analysts were reported to have been startled at the sudden jump.

There are all manner of reasons the market goes up and down, of course. But was it mere coincidence that on the same day the market surged, the headlines reported that health-care reform was all but dead in Congress for this year? A message from the market? by CNB