Word: offerings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Though the transcripts usually offer summaries and not verbatim reports of Ike's conversations (the whereabouts of the actual tapes today are unknown), they do shed fascinating light on his opinions of Nixon and the game of politics. Eisenhower pointedly omitted Nixon's name when discussing those he considered good future Republican presidential material. And in a late 1954 conversation with U.P.I. White House Correspondent Merriman Smith, Ike complained that the worst part of his job was ''accommodating yourself to values and considerations that fundamentally you can't fully accept...
...keep as much as 16.25% of its U.S. demand deposits frozen rather than loaned out. Since this free dom lowers the bank's costs, it can pay perhaps 1% more interest on the dol lars deposited with it abroad than in the U.S., and it can offer loans at lower rates...
...preserve capital in a time of double-digit inflation and depressed stock prices? Frustrated savers and unhappy investors are turning to the same solution. In record amounts, Americans are buying into the relatively new money market mutual funds. They offer minimum risk and yields of 10% to 13%, double or more the low rates set by the Government on passbook savings accounts...
...ranges from $500 to $5,000 but can be partly withdrawn once the account is open. The funds make money for themselves by paying out to shareholders slightly less interest (usually one-half of 1%) than the investments earn. One of the most appealing features is liquidity. Nearly all offer instant withdrawal without penalty, and most allow shareholders to write checks to third parties against their investment balance, thus ensuring that savings earn interest right up to the day the check is presented for payment. Still others offer credit lines so that shareholders can borrow against their investment...
...such program. Each year it brings guest artists to Harvard to work on a small scale with undergraduates. Last year, the program brought the director of Broadway's Pacific Overtures. He ran a three-part seminar with students interested in theatrical direction. This year the office will offer seminars with tenor Paul Sperry and playwright Jonathan Levy. Sculptor Ann Sperry will offer a seminar as well as lecturing about contemporary American women artists. "We want to get students involved with artists in a way that they couldn't themselves," Mayman says, and the personal interaction that goes...