Word: sellers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...time being, she has very little reason to pity herself. At 35, she is one of the most popular journalists in the country, and her book appears likely to spend at least a few weeks on the best-seller list. Tanned, blonde and prosperous-looking, she has regained her sardonic self-assurance. The scars from the acne that plagued her at CBS have disappeared as completely as the awkward uneasiness that characterized her on-the-air personality...
...David Brown were counting on the audience identifying with the victims (and so delayed release of the film until the start of beach season), director Steven Spielberg seemed to be going for the pure fun of it. He knocks out the extramarital affair that pads out the best-seller as well as most of the character conflicts and shoots for the thrills. The only problem is that character development in the novel not only served to relieve tension, it also offered several different, presumably philosophical perspectives on the beast. Matt Hooper, the icthyologist, sees the shark as a work...
Also, an average of only 45 to 50 people a day visit the Harvard Hall exhibit called "Harvard in the Life of its Times," Dennis Kloske '76, a ticket seller at the exhibit, said yesterday
...fees paid to the buyer's lawyer for doing the same thing and generally making sure everything is according to Hoyle ($150 to $650); and title insurance (about $200), in case title proves faulty despite all the money paid to lawyers to make sure it is not. The seller's big expense is the real estate broker's commission. All together, the Senate Banking Committee estimates, commissions and closing costs averaged $3,000 on single-family houses last year, with the burden falling about equally on sellers and buyers...
...does nothing directly to lower costs; it merely gives a buyer or seller some time to object and negotiate. For that reason, Senate Banking Committee Chairman William Proxmire considers it inadequate and is pushing a measure that would have mortgage lenders pick up the costs in lieu of going through disclosure procedures. Of course the lenders would pass those costs along in higher interest, but, Proxmire argues, they would have an incentive to keep the costs down, and have far more bargaining power with lawyers and real estate brokers than the lonely buyer does...