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...team traveled Wednesday to Williams' home green, the Taconic Country Club, for a tri-meet. They overcame the stiff competition and the colder, stiffening weather to win with a score of 398. Williams also had a 398 and the victory was decided only by the scores of the sixth men. Boston College wasn't close, with a score...
...carry out a massacre at Qiryat Shemona in which 18 people were killed (see following story). The raid, Mrs. Meir said, "surpasses in its barbarity all that has gone before." She followed up an account of the assault with an explanation of her decision to resign. In a brief, stiff and somewhat bitter speech, she acknowledged "a ferment that cannot be ignored" in Israeli politics and society. Her resignation, she said, would give Israel's voters "an opportunity to reconsider and arrive at a fresh decision in regard to the establishment of a new and stable government...
...sell order, which would cost an investor $7.04 under the old system, now costs $4.31; a $2,000 transaction that formerly entailed a $39.60 commission can be effected for $32.51. But for those who avail themselves of these cheaper rates. Merrill Lynch imposes stiff requirements designed to cut its own costs. Stock certificates must be held by the firm to avoid the paper work of transferring ownership; no credit or margin purchases are offered; customers must send their cash or stock in advance instead of being granted the usual five-day grace period to pay up. To eliminate the expense...
...introduced the proposal for Faculty consideration, a lengthy and heated discussion involving faculty and student observers ensued. The most controversial aspect of the Afro proposal was the demand for student representation on the department's executive board and a student voice in the hiring and firing of faculty. Despite stiff objection to these demands by allies of Rosovsky, the Faculty accepted the Afro proposal by a significant margin...
...first test of stiff competition the team will face comes this weekend in New Haven when Radcliffe takes on a strong Yale team. Jill Robertson, the team's other co-captain and number-five singles player, predicted even before the trip that this is the year the squad will beat the pesky Elis...