Word: lasker
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...danger last week when he proposed some basic revisions in exchange rules. Though some members supported him, many reacted as if he were ordering tumbrels to convey them to the guillotine. Among the insults flung at him were "panderer," "out of his mind" and "he makes me sick." Bernard Lasker, chairman of the N.Y.S.E. board of governors, observed that the board, not the president, makes policy...
...building on Nixon to mount a new and more energetic attack on inflation without provoking a severe recession. The President, in turn, is trying to convince business and financial leaders that he is deeply concerned about the stock market and the general economy. Last week he conferred with Bernard Lasker, chairman of the New York Stock Exchange. In the next few days, National Security Adviser Henry Kissinger and Budget Director Robert Mayo will exchange ideas with other prominent businessmen...