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...reportage and analysis is helpful in deciphering the long story. Moynihan was the FAP's chief architect and he tells its history as only an intimate expert can, yet his personal stake in the plan gives him an obvious bias in its favor. His familiarity with government is an asset in writing the book. But his ties to this particular proposal seem detrimental. His snideness in describing opponents of the program is only irritating. One blatant instance of it is his denigrating description of some particularly adamant opposition: "The most determined opponent of the bill when it reached Congress...
...ruled by investors' shifting expectations of future profits, would seem to be impossible in a market for mutual fund shares. Funds are obligated by law to buy back their own shares at a price that reflects each share's equity in the fund's net assets. No seller would offer his shares at a discount in the trading market if he could sell them to the fund "at net." Nor would any buyer pay a premium to purchase shares from a private seller if the funds continued their present practice of offering new shares at a price...
David Hynes is a great hockey player, a fine person, and an asset to this community. We regret his departure from Harvard and hope it will be brief. --The Editors
...93rd Congress, a touch of Cannon's toughness-if not his cantankerous complacency-might be an asset...
...greatest asset is his blocking," the coach said about Hurricane Hennings. Hennings who is also known on the Yale team for his sense of humor and multicolored game shoes may wear crimson and white footwear today. "He doesn't like it if they match Cozza said...