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...irritating at a time when modern communications make it possible for banks to transfer funds around the world in a matter of seconds. Money deposited as checks can often be used by the customers only after holding periods that may range from two days to three weeks. During that hiatus, the bank has, in effect, impounded the money since it receives credit for the check and earns interest on the funds. This angers bank customers and can impose hardships. Says Walter Dartland, a Dade County, Fla., consumer advocate: "Students who get a check from their folks back in Iowa...
...John H. Sununu, 45. In Delaware, retiring Pierre S. du Font's G.O.P. seat passed to a protege, Lieutenant Governor Michael N. Castle, 45. The grandee of West Virginia politics, two-term Governor Arch A. Moore, 61, hammered out a third victory, following an eight-year hiatus filled by Democrat Jay Rockefeller. Democrats were also replaced by Republicans in Utah, where House Speaker Norman H. Bangerter, 51, coasted to victory, and in North Carolina, where Congressman James G. Martin, 48, easily won his match...
...judge by the evidence so far, the answer is yes. After an inevitable letdown during the two-year hiatus between Maazel and Dohnányi, when various guest conductors took over, the future looks bright. The new partnership is currently basking in acclaim, inspiring hopes of a return to the glory days of Szell. Ticket sales are up: Severance Hall, the orchestra's home, is 95% subscribed. The orchestra, possessing the richest, most European sound of any U.S. ensemble, is playing at the top of its formidable form again. No one is happier than Dohnanyi. Says he: "Being...
More broadly, Reagan vowed to maintain a posture of maximum flexibility. A key Reagan adviser paraphrased the President as saying: Look, I am ready for a very rich discussion with the other side on arms control. But after this long hiatus, we first have to clear the air. We have to see if they're ready to talk seriously on several problems...
...ahead in the polls, but it was clear in Dallas as it had been in San Francisco-each convention raising partisan adrenaline to fever levels-that the fall campaign will be hard-fought. As the Republicans headed home, Walter Mondale returned to the campaign stump after a four-day hiatus. He sent Reagan a telegram repeating his challenge to at least six debates...