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Representatives of B. U. SDS met with Curtis yesterday, apparently in an attempt to disclaim responsibility for the Hayden Hall meeting. "Nobody in B. U. SDS likes RYM," one chapter member said last night. "Rudd's gang caused the trouble," another added...
Even though they disclaim any thoughts of setting up a new class of conglomerates, insurers have so much cash to invest that their new tactics can have an enormous effect on the economy. Last year, life insurance companies alone had over $17 billion of new money to invest, or almost 14% of gross private investment. To investors who have been accustomed to getting only an interest return on loans, says Washington Economist Miles Colean, "an exposure to equities is like the taste of blood to a young lion." The insurance industry's new look may have an even greater...
Steel executives disclaim any fixing. They argue that the job would have tied up such a large share of the facilities of U.S. Steel or Bethlehem that both companies had to add unusually large contingency costs to their bids. Defenders of the big firms also say that the smaller companies are using much low-cost Japanese steel and that the Port Authority loosened the specifications to enable the smaller firms to bid low. However, an Authority consultant maintains: "The number of tons, the character of the work, the size of the job, and the difficulty of erection were the same...
...only "semiofficial." Material in L'Osservatore is deemed official in only three cases: when it is listed under the column "Nostre Informazioni [Our Information]," which reports the Pope's private audiences and appointments, or when it carries the datelines "Holy See" or "Vatican City." The Vatican can disclaim official responsibility for all other stories...
Auto manufacturers deny any wrong doing. The charges, said Chrysler, would "inevitably inhibit" the kind of joint at tacks on pollution that the Government claims it wants. Instead of demanding damages, the suit asks that the automakers be enjoined from doing in the future what they disclaim having done in the past...