Word: offerred
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...actions. Says Schreiber: "Even after we submit written bids, we usually adjust them by a few cents via Telex right down to the deadline." At the U.S. Treasury auction last month, Dresdner's bid came in just high enough to win, and a Swiss competitor's offer failed by only 20? per oz. One clear moral: private investors who hope to benefit from the bullion boom will have a hard time matching wits against the professionals...
...Grand Rapids high school football hero turned down the local Congressman's come-on for the University of Michigan; instead McLaughlin yearned for Dartmouth. There he set pass-catching records that stood for more than 20 years, made All-Ivy and Phi Bete and spurned a Philadelphia Eagles offer in order to go to graduate business school. Now, at 47, rangy Dave McLaughlin invests a quarter of his time as chairman of his college's board of trustees and the rest as chief executive of Minneapolis' Toro Co., which makes lawnmowers, snowthrowers - and a ton of money...
What the U.S. needs, argues McLaughlin, is a national water policy, one that calls for considerable participation by businessmen. The Government should identify the scope of the problem, set conservation and recycling standards, then offer incentives. Perhaps there could be tax breaks for buying conservation equipment, or tax penalties for waste. Most important, the Government should fix goals for private people to meet - but not dictate how to meet them...
...Freshman Council on the Arts, headed by Evangeline M. Morphos, will offer a program similar to Learning from Performers because Morphos believes freshman are often left out of the freshman arts office program The freshman arts office also provides discount rates on tickets to many cultural events in Boston as well as funding for freshman art projects. Between the offices of Morphos and other undergraduate student groups, most students will find enough to keep them satisfied. You may have to pay for them--not very much--but they're there...
...major issues in the contract renewal talks are protection of retired workers against inflation, more paid time off, and wages. A union source said yesterday he expected the company to offer a "total package" tying together the three main issues...