Word: concernedly
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Style and Substance. Nixon expected no sudden breakthroughs from his voyage of exploration. The benefits of his European odyssey are more subtle than that. His patent concern for European views reflects a quieter, more thoughtful American role in the world. It could considerably improve the tone of international dialogue, injecting a new calm and reasonableness that might produce substantive achievement in lessened tensions and new understanding. On the evidence of his trip, the President has laid a sound foundation for the "new era of negotiation" he often speaks of. Especially, he has eased European edginess over U.S.-Soviet conversations, reassuring...
...Concern about Risks In his first pronouncement as the new chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, former Idaho Congressman Hamer Budge complained last week that some complex forms of conglomerate financing offer only "an illusion of security." Testifying before a House subcommittee, he counseled investors against being misled by "apparent improvements" in the earnings of aggressive conglomerates. "Those who are engineering the present wave of takeovers," he said, "appear to find short-term profits so tempting that they ignore long-term risks." Later, Robert W. Haack, president of the New York Stock Exchange, told another House subcommittee that...
...whether the Government has the legal power to stop the trend. Diversification by merger has long been an attractive tactic for industrialists who were anxious to reduce profit-sapping fluctuations in the demand for individual goods and services. It is easier and quicker to diversify by buying a going concern than by starting from scratch. But Government antitrust barriers often stand in the way of combinations within a company's own field. They may prevent not only "horizontal" mergers with competitors, but, to a lesser degree, "vertical" mergers with suppliers or customers. The present law, though, generally enables companies...
There was a mixed reaction to Collins' interruption and the consequent discussion on Thursday. Some students voiced concern over outsiders' intrusion, while others said they were very interested in his view of the lecture and the University...
RANDY DARWALL '70, Harvard's current star undergraduate designer, and Howard Cutler '68, a graduated great, share an artist's concern for developing their work; on the other hand, carpenters learn and innovate, but are less conscious of an evolution. Also, a builder cares less about which play he works on, because he's not involved in interpreting...