Word: establishing
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...culprits in the stock market crash of 1929 was margin buying, the practice whereby brokers sold stocks for little or no money down. As a result, Congress in 1934 set up regulations that forced investors to put up more cash. The Federal Reserve got the authority to establish the minimum amount, which at times has been 100% but is currently 50%. A $1,000 stock purchase must now be backed by $500 in cash from the buyer...
...fire back." Replied the Vietnamese, "If you fire at us, we'll invade Thailand." In the end, the Vietnamese pulled back into Kampuchea after being warned that the Thai government would "take action." Thai soldiers set out orange sticks marking the frontier, and the two forces agreed to establish a 22-yd. demilitarized zone on each side of the line...
This United Nations-like aggregation joins forces to make "Samba for Carmen" the highlight of an album that will further establish Paquito on the American jazz scene...
Landon T. Clay '50, chairman of Eaton, Vance Corp. in Boston, who established a fund to pay for junior science faculty's research projects. "An excellent faculty must be the University's highest priority. Since young scientific faculty have a particularly difficult time receiving the support [they need] to establish themselves in their fields, financial support at this critical point in their careers can have maximum effectiveness...
Elder helped to establish Harvard's Center for Heltenic Studies in Washington, D.C., where he served as acting director in 1961, and later was a member of its Administrative Committee...