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Stock Specialists. Under close scrutiny last week was the manner in which brokers and brokerages "make a market" -- set a price -- on the big exchanges and in smaller over-the-counter markets. The N.Y.S.E. currently has one trader, or specialist, assigned to each stock on the floor. The specialist's job is to keep the market moving, if necessary by buying or selling out of his brokerage accounts. On Black Monday, specialists lost hundreds of millions of dollars while picking up stocks no one else wanted. But some specialists have been accused of staying purposely away from the money-losing...
...written appears to bend over backwards to assign blame to the Reagan-Administration," he said. "And it contains innuendoes unsupported by the documents we have...
Marius recommends that professors be careful to assign papers that require thought and not just the compilation of material. He also suggests that papers be due before the end of the term, allowing time for discussion and revision. Teachers should also discuss writing in class, the report says...
...decided last week to assign 300 police officers to control the boisterous October 18 event--traditionally attended, according to Northeastern Coach Buzz Congram, by "drunken stumblebums...
...providing line-item veto power for the President. He would require Congress to muster more than a mere majority to impose tax increases. "Taxation beyond a certain level becomes servitude," Reagan declared. He brandished once again the "truth in spending" scheme that would compel Congress to assign a cost to any new program -- and then pay for it either by cutting other obligations or raising new revenues...