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...banks of IBM and Tandem computers that run both the Big Board's SuperDot (for designated order turnaround) system and the equivalent operation for the American Exchange, which is known as PER (postexecution reporting). These systems record trades and relay confirmation back to brokers. Officials from both exchanges maintain rigid secrecy about the computers, which are owned and operated by a joint affiliate known as the Securities Industry Automation Corp. It is said, however, that S.I.A.C.'s number-crunching capability rivals that of NASA's Mission Control...
...riskier game than representatives. Between the higher prestige of the office and the scarcity of opportunities to achieve it, Senate races attract stronger challengers. Senators also are more newsworthy. Unlike representatives, they do not themselves provide the bulk of the information that constituents receive. Moreover, Senators are expected to maintain a higher profile on the great issues of the day. For all these reasons Senators face tougher elections than modern representatives...
...Laxalt's comment provides one framework within which Tuesday's election results should be evaluated. Technically, the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution made Ronald Reagan a lame duck the moment the ballots were tallied in 1984. Perceptually, the President has continued to maintain an image of performance and success in dealing with Congress. The new 55-to-45 majority in the Senate changes the political landscape, though, and raises the following question: what impact will the Republican loss of the Senate have on President Reagan's ability to secure legislative victories in Congress...
...Harvard Rules," to be published by South End Press of Boston, will challenge the University's links with major corporations and the national defense, its alleged devotion to scientific theories that maintain the status quo, and its philosophy of education in general...
Bits and pieces can be found in the 556 pages of text demonstrating that Shipler understands the difficulties Israel faces in trying simultaneously to maintain its security in a hostile environment and to preserve its liberal ideals and aspirations. In describing the lack of awareness of the Holocaust--the basis for the existence of the Jewish state--among Arabs, Shipler captures the underlying tension of Israeli society. But this paragraph, the most important and perhaps the best written in the book, is as isolated in Arab and Jew as Israel is in the Middle East...