Word: fends
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...broker executing a transaction to split his commission with other brokers, in this case with Merrill Lynch. Give-ups have long been under SEC fire. The agency contends that such fee splitting means that brokers' commissions are unduly large on big-volume deals. In their battle to fend off more drastic changes in fee structures, the New York and American stock exchanges recently agreed to outlaw give-ups as part of an overall cut in commissions on big trades...
...offering its own proposal, the Big Board hopes to fend off an even sharper cut in commissions proposed by the SEC, which contends that today's 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...
...indiscriminate police gunfire, which took innocent victims in Newark and Detroit last year. On the target range they can hit the head of a man's silhouette at 300 yards. A $25,000 trailer has been fitted out as a mobile command post, with an armored underside to fend off Molotov cocktails, and a smaller van is available for secondary commanders. Fibre shields, straight out of Ivanhoe, and bulletproof vests have been bought for men in danger areas. The force this summer will have nearly 700 walkie-talkies (v. 58 in 1965) to link commanders with front-line cops...
...Couple is not quite the near-perfect comedy it could have been. Except for a handful of outdoor shots, Director Gene Saks has followed the original Mike Nichols staging with slavish and unimaginative fidelity. Time after time, the camera remains static while the dialogue is left to fend for itself. Although he is one of Hollywood's most polished performers, Lemmon too often strains to achieve the lines of tension that characterized Art Carney's high-strung stage interpretation of the role...
...follows that no established rights would be disturbed if Harvard abolished its Office for Graduate and Career Plans and similar posts within the Departments, and decreed that organizations have to fend for themselves without University resources in their search for manpower...