Word: sec
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Death, when it came, was dramatic. With 2 min. 20 sec. gone in the overtime period, Montreal's Dave Balon tried to pass out from behind the Detroit goal. The pass was wild, but in one of those incredible caroms that makes hockey wildly exciting, the loose puck bounced off Henri Richard's shoulder, hit the ice and trickled into the nets. The Red Wings bitterly protested that Richard had illegally slapped the puck -to no avail. By a score of 3-2, the Canadiens had won the Stanley Cup for the 13th time and the second year...
...Securities and Exchange Commission-is anyone who, by reason of being an officer, director or major stockholder of a corporation, can get advance information that might affect the firm's stocks. Thus insiders are required to file regular reports of their stock purchases with the SEC; the commission closely scrutinizes such reports to make sure that the insiders have not profited by information unavailable to outsiders, meaning the general public...
This seems eminently reasonable. But last week the SEC made a move to stretch its "insider" regulation well beyond previous bounds...
There was much background to the SEC move. Last year the commission lodged charges against 13 officers, directors and key employees of Texas Gulf Sulphur Co. for taking profitable advantage of advance word about the discovery of a huge Ontario ore field of copper, lead, zinc and silver. Among those charged was Thomas S. Lament, now 67, a retired vice chairman of Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. and a director of Texas Gulf Sulphur...
...Boston is nothing if not a Celt's castle. Led by Center Bill Russell, Boston hopped into a 10-0 lead after the first four minutes, ran the score to 76-60 by the third quarter. Finally, with a ten-point lead and 25 sec. to go, out came the famous cigar. Programs, paper cups, hats and pillows filled the air; screaming fans mobbed the Boston bench. With all those distractions, the Celtics could be pardoned for letting the Lakers slip in a few baskets; then they froze the ball...