Word: counters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When President Bok wonders why minority students are dissatisfied with the College, he need look no further than the first floor of University Hall where Dr. Counter, through careless management, has turned the Foundation into a shell of its intended self. Dr. Counter talks of improving race relations, but that is ridiculous when one realizes that he has lost contact with he various ethnic groups on campus. Dr. Counter is leaving his position at the conclusion of the current academic year, but one may hope that time he rereads the report of 1981 that spawned "his" organization...
...Allen Counter is Director of the Harvard Foundation for Interrelation and Race Relations...
...heaviest losers of 1984 were speculative stocks. Shares on the American Stock Exchange, where many new and lower-priced issues are traded, fell 8.4%. Over-the-counter shares dropped an average of 11.2%. As a result, institutional investors and market-advice newsletters found it hard to pick any fast-rising stocks. Said Barton Biggs, managing director of the Morgan Stanley investment firm: "We have been like rock stars, but the fun is over for a while now that the customers think we can't sing...
...American Stock Exchange's star performer last year was New Jersey's Sterling Extruder, an equipment manufacturer. Riding the wave of capital spending in the U.S., its stock rose from 4 1/2 to 16 1/8. Flexible Computer of Dallas, which makes high-speed data processors, led the over-the-counter market by rising from...
Crystal Oil, a Shreveport, La., refiner, posted the worst performance on the American Stock Exchange, dropping from 14 3/8 to 3 1/4. Healthdyne of Marietta, Ga., a manufacturer of devices that monitor infants for sudden-death syndrome, turned in the largest decline on the over-the-counter market, falling from...