Word: sec
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...sec. tremor, which measured 8 points on the Richter scale, came shortly after midnight last Monday. Centered in the Celebes Sea (see map), it sent the colossal tsunami waves toward the scenic shorelines of the Sulu Islands and the Moro Gulf coast while most residents were sleeping. The waves wiped out a dozen fishing villages, knocked out bridges, and caused buildings to collapse in the coastal cities of Cotabato, Pagadian and Davao. Philippine officials said the disaster was the worst in their country's history: 3,100 dead, another 3,700 missing, 1,000 injured and nearly...
...worry about Chemical's move. They see it as a direct assault on the Street's retail commission price structure, which was set up for the average investor. Big institutional investors-banks, life insurance companies, pension funds-have long received the benefits of negotiated commissions, and the SEC more than a year ago abolished what few vestiges there were of the old fixed-commission system. But the typical small investor, lacking the muscle of large institutions, received no such break on commissions and in many cases pays even more to buy or sell stock today than before fixed...
...Jiggetts says he doesn't feel that his Ivy League training, or lack of it, has put him far behind those players from Big Ten or SEC schools. "There is only a little difference in technique," Jiggetts said from the Bears' training camp on Friday. "The ability is there, it is just a matter of refining my techniques," he added...
...years, they had figured, the Big Thompson might be hit by a flood sending 19,000 cu. ft. of water a second through a section called The Narrows at a depth of 12 ft. But the storm that destroyed a vacationland sent 40,000 cu. ft. per sec. through the gap at an incredible depth of 30 ft.-some 320,000 gal. per sec. In the hamlet of Glen Haven, 80% of the buildings were seriously damaged or destroyed. Most of Drake's 200 residents are still missing, and the village remains cut off. From Drake east...
...less than we did this year." Urging Government subsidies of $10,000 a year for top U.S. amateurs, Robinson added, "It's tough to beat athletes from other countries when they are kept like professionals." One U.S. gold medalist who disagreed was 400-meter Hurdler Edwin Moses (47.64 sec.), a physics major at Morehouse College in Atlanta. His view: "I run because I like...