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Since that disastrous period, the stock exchange has spent some $70 million on eleven separate electronic systems to relay orders to trading posts, record sales and provide swift and complete information to brokers on how the market is moving. That costly investment paid some blue-chip dividends last week. The record-breaking torrent of trading was handled with ease. Even at the peak of the action on the 138 million-share day, the electronic tapes that list every single trade were a mere 18 minutes behind. It was all a bully good show. ? By Charles Alexander. Reported...
...hits and 400 home runs, of course. No other American Leaguer ever achieved that parlay. Only Henry Aaron, Willie Mays and Stan Musial of the National League, and Carl Yastrzemski. Yaz has kept just those two baseballs in 22 years. Yastrzemski's habit is to relay his trophies, like an ordinary cutoff man, to Presidents of the U.S. "I've presented one to every President since Kennedy," he says. "What should I do with awards and trophies? Touch them...
...They have to hiss; the setting is backstage during an actual performance of Nothing On at Weston-super-Mare. Eddington hands out three gifts: a bouquet of flowers, a bottle of whisky and an ax. These pass from hand to hand as swiftly as batons in a relay race. The action is a testimonial to Director Michael Blakemore's tornado pace and stopwatch timing...
...Chancellor admitted. Anyway, Reagan went on to argue, even if U.S. interest rates came down, it would be "no panacea" for the world economy. As for the Fed, "we cannot order them not to publish the money-supply figures. They're an independent body, but we'll relay the message." The President finished up with a little homily about "no quick fixes" for the world's economic problems. Said the summit chairman, French President null Mitterrand: "Nobody can accuse Ronald Reagan of going back on his principles...
Head Coach Pappy Hunt lauded the relay last night, calling the quarter's effort "delightful. Especially because we did it without Darlenc. Those girls ran so tough--they covered themselves with glory...