Word: sec
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...blond and blue-eyed Schenk easily overpower his competition at 1.500 and 5,000 meters with his powerfully rhythmic strides. Then, while Dutch fans clopped their wooden shoes and shouted "Heya! Heya! Ard Schenk!" he covered the 10,000-meter marathon in 15 min., 1.35 sec., an astonishing 22 seconds better than the old Olympic record...
...Burka in the 500 meters, she lost at least a full second when her opponent cut her off while crossing lanes, but finished in 43.73, fast enough to break an Olympic record and win a gold medal, anyway. Allowed another try after officials disqualified the Canadian. Anne clipped .40 sec. off her first run to set another Olympic record...
...flurries came Barbara, 21. Cutting corners dangerously close, she whizzed home with the fastest time in the first of the two heats. Refusing to look at her competitors lest their difficulties make her "too cautious," she again went all out to register a total time that was just .02 sec. better than Runner-Up Danielle Debernard of France. It was the first gold medal won by any American in Alpine skiing in 20 years...
...SEC attempted to reach a compromise on the issue and satisfied nobody. It would let institution-owned brokerages hold exchange seats only if "significantly more than half"-and maybe as high as two-thirds-of their trading business comes from the public rather than from the parent company. That rule would give institutions a toe in the door of the major exchanges but force them off some of the regional exchanges that have pre-invited them under less rigid rules...
...SEC can put its unified-tape and negotiated-commission proposals into effect on its own, but it may need congressional approval for its recommendation on institutional membership. In Congress, however, its proposals are already under fire. Senate Banking Subcommittee Chairman Harrison Williams and House Banking Subcommittee Chairman John Moss agree that the SEC proposals are too wishy-washy, though for different reasons. Williams wants the limit on negotiated commissions lowered to $100,000; Moss had hoped that the SEC would flatly forbid institutional membership on any exchange. Both plan to hold hearings, out of which may come a congressional program...