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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Regulations for Undergraduate Organizations in Harvard College say that "bona-fide film study groups" organized "on a membership-fee basis" are authorized to show "motion pictures of historical, technical or artistic significance, where such films are not currently in circulation in commercial theatres...

Author: By Arthur H. Lubow, | Title: King Kong Won't Be in Houses This Term | 2/8/1971 | See Source »

Ostensibly to protect its deep-sea fishery from the depredations of foreign commercial fleets, Ecuador claims that its territorial waters extend 200 miles offshore-something of a stretch beyond the usual twelve-mile limit. Yanqni tuna fishermen have "intruded" regularly over the years, sometimes paying the Ecuadoreans a license fee, sometimes not. Without a license, the American boats run the risk of seizure by the Ecuadorean navy. (More than half of Ecuador's 21 ships, as it happens, were supplied by the U.S.) Lately the Ecuadoreans have been getting more aggressive: since Jan. 11 they have seized...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Great Tuna War | 2/8/1971 | See Source »

...third market," where brokers arrange private trading of listed securities. As the nation's central market for securities, the New York Exchange is subject to much stricter public scrutiny than other markets. But in order to pay lower commissions and to avoid the Government's ban on fee splitting on the Big Board, the large institutions are shifting their business away from the exchange. The amount of stock traded in blocks of 10,000 shares or more off the exchange floor has risen in the past two years from 28% to 37% of the total. The mutual funds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WALL STREET: Tantrums Among the Giants | 2/8/1971 | See Source »

...residential mortgages from 7½% to 7¼%. Around the country, mortgage lenders are trimming their rates below last year's peak of 9½% and accepting lower down payments. In order to keep in step with market trends, the Federal Reserve Board reduced its discount rate, the fee that it charges on loans to member banks, from 5¼% to 5%, the lowest in almost three years. The discount rate is unlikely to go down again soon. But nobody rules out the possibility of further cuts in the prime rate if borrowing continues to be sluggish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MONEY: Begging for Borrowers | 2/1/1971 | See Source »

...just this kind of help. There you have a chance to talk personally with a counselor who will help you to decide on the best alternative for your situation. They have personally visited all the clinics to which they make referrals, and will share their information. There is no fee: PCS operates on voluntary contributions...

Author: By Margaret MCKENNA Room, | Title: The Mail ABORTIONS | 1/25/1971 | See Source »

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