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Edward Jones, a former bond trader, founded the brokerage in St. Louis in 1922 and ran the business like any big-city firm until after World War II. In 1948, son Ted joined his father and came up with the idea to seek business in the hinterlands. "There were a whole lot of farmers, storekeepers and small- town professionals out there that brokers weren't calling on," recalls Ted Jones, 61, now the firm's senior partner. In 1955, Jones opened its first branch office over the Woolworth's in Mexico, Mo. After growing slowly at first, the company...
Razo's dilemma mirrors the problem of all minorities at Harvard. What identity do we seek here? Do we turn within to examine our heritage, or do we look outside and try to fit in to the larger society? Unfortunately no middle ground exists. Either path leads to the exclusion of the other and the disapproval of one's peers...
...adjusting to Harvard, that he might have been stealing on his vacations, or that he might have hated his life in Cambridge. But maybe College administrators can be happy with their system's performance maintaining as they do, that counseling is available for all those (and only those) who seek out advice. They ignore the reality that often those in the most need of advice are those who wish to keep their troubles to themselves...
...ruling-party candidate can use all the endorsements he can find. A virtual shoo-in under the old system, he will now almost certainly be challenged at the polls by Kim Young Sam. Meanwhile, Kim Dae Jung announced last week that he is reconsidering an earlier pledge not to seek the presidency in this year's election. While such an about-face runs the danger of splitting the opposition, Kim Dae Jung is no newcomer to the campaign | trail. When he ran for President in 1971 he won 46% of the vote...
...consolidating his own power in the Politburo at his party plenum last month, has convinced many in Moscow that Reagan now needs a summit far more than Gorbachev. As a result, a wide spectrum of high-ranking Soviet officials are hinting that they may pounce on the opportunity to seek further U.S. arms- control concessions -- notably on Star Wars -- before setting a date for the two leaders to meet in Washington...