Word: option
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Before considering the Bossert and Core proposals, the Faculty debated an amendment by David G. Hughes '47, Mason Professor of Music, and Frederick H. Abernathy, McKay Professor of Mechanical Engineering, that would have allowed students the option of filling alternate plans of study, subject to their tutor's approval, during the four-year phasing-in period leading to full implementation of the Core...
...quit the NSC over the Nixon Administration's decision to invade Cambodia and was later wiretapped at Kissinger's suggestion. Now he is director of policy planning and most closely involved with formulating U.S. policy on Africa. Before his appointment by Carter, he wrote The "Tar Baby" Option, a book cautioning against American involvement in Africa on the side of white minority governments-a warning being heeded by the Carter Administration. Lake is responsible for offering long-term policy options to Vance, and he periodically writes the Secretary's speeches...
...Southern California Law Professor Christopher Stone, it is no wonder that Olin is "enthusiastic" about Zampano's punishment: a charitable contribution may be tax deductible, while a fine is not. Moreover, he says, a "charitable contribution gives the company good-will footage. It's a perfect option for the company...
...Lines in 1969 for $104 million in cash and stock was, Sullivan admits, a grave mistake. U.S. Lines lost $1.5 million in 1970, whereupon Sullivan began looking for a buyer for that arm of the Kidde empire. He agreed to give R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. a six-year option, but trustbusters blocked the sale because Reynolds had acquired McLean's Sea-Land operation...
...futures following widespread charges of price fixing, fraud and manipulation of customers' accounts, deserves a lot of criticism. As a notorious example, it took the commission almost a year to discover that "James Carr," who is alleged to have bilked customers of perhaps $25 million by selling bogus option contracts, was actually an escaped convict named Alan Abrahams...