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Word: marginals (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...entailed a $39.60 commission can be effected for $32.51. But for those who avail themselves of these cheaper rates. Merrill Lynch imposes stiff requirements designed to cut its own costs. Stock certificates must be held by the firm to avoid the paper work of transferring ownership; no credit or margin purchases are offered; customers must send their cash or stock in advance instead of being granted the usual five-day grace period to pay up. To eliminate the expense of executing many small transactions, Merrill Lynch fills most cut-commission orders in a bunch at the opening of trading...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WALL STREET: April Fool for Small Trades | 4/15/1974 | See Source »

...most controversial aspect of the Afro proposal was the demand for student representation on the department's executive board and a student voice in the hiring and firing of faculty. Despite stiff objection to these demands by allies of Rosovsky, the Faculty accepted the Afro proposal by a significant margin...

Author: By Geoffrey D. Garin, | Title: Black Militancy: A Special Case | 4/15/1974 | See Source »

Stroke Alison Hill settled to a comfortable 34 and Radcliffe gained on Middletown with every stroke. By the 500-meter mark, Radcliffe had increased its margin to two lengths, and remained in control the rest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard, Radcliffe Crews Crush Weekend Foes | 4/15/1974 | See Source »

...urging a non vote in the 1969 referendum that forced De Gaulle to resign. Thus whenever Giscard seems to be flying too high, prominent Gaullists like former Premier Michel Debré start shooting at him. So, occasionally, does Pompidou; there are reports that the President wrote in the margin of Giscard's last anti-inflation program, "Not good enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Most Likely to Succeed | 4/8/1974 | See Source »

...Radcliffe. The Bulldogs upped their cadence and began closing the gap as the Radcliffe crew refused to sprint, cautiously keeping its 34 cadence. However, it was a case of too little too late as Radcliffe managed to stave off the charging Elis and escape with a two-seat victory margin...

Author: By Andrew P. Quigley jr., | Title: Radcliffe Heavyweights Sweep Past Yale, WPI | 4/8/1974 | See Source »

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