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...administrative expertise that he has gained over the past eight years as day-to-day operating chief will be an asset to the C.B.T., whose dollar volume of trading in wheat, soybeans, corn and other commodities has increased 176% since 1972, when it exceeded that of the New York Stock Exchange. His reputation as an unflinching guardian of the rules governing the complicated wheeling and dealing in his business may temper the thrust of some recent Congressional developments. The House Agricultural Committee is beginning to investigate whether excessive speculation in commodities markets has inflated food prices; and Senators Hubert Humphrey...
...biologists. This is largesse on an unprecedented scale: most Israelis agree that no other mass immigration group has contributed so much to the nation. Some of the Russians have settled on territory Israel won in the Six-Day War, which has further angered Arabs. Perhaps the most important single asset of the Russian Jews is their youth: fully 50% are under...
...today would be a valuable asset in the Ivy race. With powerful Cornell looming on the horizon next weekend, Harvard needs an impressive performance against Columbia to refine the intricacies of Restic's offense in preparation...
...even argues much with the idea that S.D.R.s should be the main "reserve currency" of the new system-the asset that nations use, rather than gold or dollars, to pay debts to each other...
...claims to have an inner eye, a kind of instant pre-play that, he says, allows him to imagine every shot in his mind beforehand. "I've played Billie Jean a dozen times in my mind," he says. "Nothing she can do will be unexpected." A more tangible asset is his complete control over the racket. He can return any shot that he can reach. But, he admits, "If I'm sluggish, she can give me trouble...