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...went to the welfare office. "We got some papers in the mail," he recalls, "and it bothered me so bad I got my wife to fill 'em out." He still hopes a thaw, in both the frozen woods and the demand for logs, will let him regain his pride and independence. In the meantime there is only welfare...
...regain some of the lost business, an activist faction in the exchange's power structure-including Lasker, Salomon and Merrill Lynch Chairman Donald Regan-is willing to reduce commissions on big trades and liberalize the membership rules. Says Regan: "This is the solution for the exchange-the only way that it can get back that business." But the go-slow camp-including Loeb and Levy-fears that lower, negotiated commissions might lead to collusion between some brokers and big traders. Others argue that the change would cause more failures among brokerage houses because strong firms would underbid the weak...
Larry Cetrulo, the Harvard co-captain, won the first bout of the match by defeating the NCAA saber champion, Bruce Soriano. Cetrulo, anxious to regain his lost title, out-psyched the startled Soriano and won, 5-3. The fans cheered wildly, and Cetrulo was mobbed by his team-mates. After that, the Crimson never regained the lead...
Kissinger reportedly feared that he would be slighted by antiwar former colleagues if he attempted to return. His predecessor as national security advisor, Walt W. Rostow, was turned down by M. I. T. when he attempted to regain his post as professor of Economics there...
Snow and ice kept the U.N.H. hockey team from coming down to play their scheduled game against Harvard at Watson Rink last night, leaving the Crimson with only one more chance to regain their winning stride before breaking for exams...