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...even more drastic reformation of the securities business was called for last week by the National Association of Securities Dealers, which is composed of 4,760 brokerage firms and acts as a semiofficial adjunct of the SEC. After studying the underwriting of 300 new stock issues put out by "unseasoned" companies, the N.A.S.D. concluded that in many cases the underwriting brokers had been far too greedy. In one "hot" issue underwriting, reported the N.A.S.D.. the broker had received a 10% commission, an equal amount in underwriting expenses, and options to buy, at $5 a share, 50,000 shares...
...seldom refrain from commenting on the importance of financial stability. There are many prominent supporters of inflation who claim that it is a necessary adjunct of growth. But I have taken a close look at inflation in quite a few countries. I have seen it upset governments, take the bread out of the mouths of workers, the old, the helpless, undermine the operations of business. So I continue to class it as a dangerous fever, which gives the patient a temporary spurt but quickly saps his strength...
Hornblow's objections stemmed from his belief that the Peace Corps should not, under any circumstances, be regarded as an adjunct of United States foreign policy. Recalling his experiences on Crossroads Africa, he noted that "communism, to Africans I talked to meant nothing more than a white Cadillac. They have no understanding of various ideologies," he continued, "and as this point it's more important to combat disease and introduce modern techniques than to explain America...
...cure for all manner of aches and agues. The Lightning Bone Setter, as Still was known, thought that "the human engine is God's medical drugstore," but the average osteopath today prescribes more drugs for his patient than the average M.D. and uses musculoskeletal therapy as only an adjunct to surgery, X rays, serums...
Composed as an adjunct to the faculty proposal for a Harvard "youth corps," the poll presented three possible variations of the project: 1) a two-year project which leaves open the question of the draft; 2) a one-year project which does the same thing; or 3) a two-year project representing an alternative to the draft...