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October 11, 2000

With semiconductor stocks at a nine-month low right now, it should come as no surprise which way Applied Materials (Nasdaq: AMAT) has been headed since our April Duel. Back then, Justin McKenna and Rick Aristotle Munarriz (TMF Edible) were bull and bear, respectively.

Our Foolish Voters -- 68% of them -- sided with Justin. Unfortunately, Applied has been rejected. Its shares are down 45% since the bout.

Victory? Rick. Congrats!

Revisit the Applied Materials Duel.

Dueling Fools Standings

Bill Mann (TMF Otter)               3-0
Selena Maranjian (TMF Selena)       1-0
David Marino-Nachison (TMF Braden)  3-1
Yi-Hsin Chang (TMF Puck)            7-3
Voting Fools                       57-36
Guest Duelists                     19-15
Chris Rugaber (TMF RFK)             7-6
Paul Larson (TMF Parlay)           18-18
Bill Barker (TMF Max)               9-9
Richard McCaffery (TMF Gibson)      1-1
Rick Munarriz (TMF Edible)         22-23
Jeff Fischer (TMF Jeff)             4-5
David Forrest (TMF Bogey)           3-5
Brian Graney (TMF Panic)            1-2
Matt Richey (TMF Verve)             0-2
Barbara Bayer (TMF Venus)           0-3