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...sports where previous results can mean something--but in the middle of April this doesn't help much, since only one of the contending boats has raced. Rutgers has already absorbed defeats from Columbia and Penn, the former winning by one length, and the latter by the healthy margin of six lengths. The Scarlet is never highly regarded among Eastern rowing circles, and these defeats have not helped its reputation...
Experience gave the Crimson its margin of superiority. The varsity has had the benefit of fall and spring workouts, as well as a vacation trip to the south. On the other hand, BU, never a tennis power, has found time for but a few scattered workouts this spring and has met no other intercollegiate competition...
...days last week, Wall Street' brokers thought that the long-ailing stock market had got the tonic it needed. On th first day after the reduction in margin requirements from 75% to 50% (TIME, Apri 4), trading on the New York Stock Ex change hit 1,800,000 shares and the Dow Jones industrial averages jumped 2.4 points. It was the biggest volume since November, best gain since October...
Although the new margin rule, in effect tripled the amount of borrowed money which could be used to buy stocks,* it did not bring many new customers into the market. Most of the stepped-up business was done by seasoned traders who were merely using their additional credit...
...fact was that a margin cut alone was not enough to send the market up; a margin cut from 100% to 75% had had little effect in February 1947. High taxes still kept many investors short of cash and those with cash were holding off until they were surer about the extent of the current business recession...