Word: blockful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...young enough to still be attractive in 1976, if Nixon's election should block 1972 for them. Even the abortive rebellion against Agnew as a candidate for Vice President worked to boost Lindsay. While he first encouraged talk about his own candidacy for the vice-presidency, by hinting to reporters that he might be available, he later retreated, not only spurning the rebels but even seconding Agnew. Though in the past Lindsay has held himself somewhat aloof from the party -he ran almost as an independent in his 1965 mayoral campaign-he thus proved his loyalty. One thing...
...rate schedule is too high. The regulatory authority would cut fees on orders for more than 400 shares, starting Sept. 15. Much to Wall Street's embarrassment, the SEC has shown in a month of Washington hearings that brokers generally give up most of their commissions on big block trades. The money goes instead to other brokers, who perform unrelated services for the customer, such as research or selling mutual-fund shares. As part of its rate-cutting plan, the Big Board last week endorsed a ban on all such customer-directed fee splitting-just...
...stock at $120 a share. To put its proposed holding company into operation, the bank needs approval of two-thirds of its stockholders. Coming on top of the stock it already holds, the White family's bid, if successful, would give it a 34% interest, just enough to block implementation of the holding company...
...passenger runs across the English Channel between Dover and the French coastal city of Boulogne. The thrice daily round-trip crossings, which will be expanded to six starting this week, are of crucial importance to the British Hovercraft Corp., which builds the SR.N4. "Our necks are on the chopping block," admits Richard Stanton-Jones, managing director. "Potential buyers will be here watching and riding...
...with his prosecution. Shaw's lawyers, trying every possibility, had asked the court to issue an injunction barring action by Garrison. Such an injunction was temporarily granted so that the arguments could be heard, but the federal judges ultimately could find no legal basis for stepping in to block what is, after all, a state criminal proceeding. As a result, Shaw must face a jury. Perhaps as important, so must Garrison...