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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...Since the Middle Ages, the common law has entitled landlords to leave most repairs to tenants. But the growth of apartment living in the U.S. has raised sharp questions about landlords who blithely ignore faulty heating, lighting and plumbing. In that spirit, a decision written by Judge J. Skelly Wright for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia empowered tenants to withhold rent if the landlord fails to keep the premises in decent condition. Now all D.C. landlords are accountable and no tenant can be evicted for using his rent as a weapon to enforce his right...
...problems at Lord & Taylor, Arnold Constable and Saks Fifth Avenue. The managements of B. Altman and Bonwit Teller recently took the unusual step of sending letters to their employees assuring them that the stores would not be closed. Meanwhile, on Madison Avenue, Abercrombie & Fitch has been plagued by the common problem of thefts and other runaway costs; the company lost nearly $1,000,000 on sales of $28 million in fiscal...
...Wall Street, Fannie Mae is a volatile stock that has suddenly become enormously popular. Logically, a Government-sponsored enterprise ought to be about the last source of frenzied speculation. Yet in the three months since Fannie Mae common began trading on the New York Stock Exchange, more than four-fifths of its 8,600,000 shares have changed hands. Last week it was the most actively traded issue on the Big Board. Its price has gyrated sharply since the initial listing at $46.75 a share; it closed last week...
...Margin. Speculators have been intrigued largely because Fannie Mae's quasi-governmental status exempts it from all the regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Alone among the 1,325 common issues on the Big Board, Fannie Mae shares can be bought with only a 20% down payment, compared with the usual 65% margin for other stocks...
...potatoes, shellfish, mushrooms, nuts, cheese-followed by recipes. The essays offer detailed information about the properties of each food and how it reacts to mixing and heating. The would-be cheese cook who achieves Silly Putty instead of a creamy liquid is told among other things to avoid several common varieties and to buy others, notably Cheddar, only when aged. The section on the mysterious ways of chocolate might have been written by a scientist. In fact, after finishing Field, the reader may feel more like a chemist than an alchemist, but the results are reliable, as they are intended...