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...their getting busted. Playland, in the heart of Times Square, doesn't make student i.d.'s anymore, and the bold black letters that read "Official Identification" on the cards that they now sell hardly look official. In addition, in order to legally sell fake i.d.'s, Playland has to stamp the cards "For Novelty Use Only...
Under the University's rules, acts of the Corporation are theoretically subject to ratification by the 30-member Board of Overseers, members of which are elected to six-year terms by alumni. In reality, the largely ceremonial Overseers gather only a few times a year and virtually rubber-stamp what the Corporation does...
Most people use stamps to mail letters. Marc Rousso trades them for expensive houses, yachts and cars. A Miami Beach philatelic broker, Rousso, 35, says that official catalogs value the rare stamps that he has traded since 1984 at $45 million. Now he is taking the art of stamp trading into the computer age. Starting this week, collectors worldwide will be able to buy and sell rare stamps via telex through Rousso's Miami-based International Stamp Exchange Corp. In a month, stamp buffs will also be able to trade through personal computers...
Rousso expects some 300,000 U.S. collectors and thousands more abroad to use ISEC, for which they will pay 3% buyer's fees and 6% selling commissions. By making trading convenient, he also expects to attract new collectors. To ensure the authenticity and quality of stamps listed on the exchange, ISEC's staff experts will take possession and verify descriptions before posting sell orders. The price a buyer will pay for a stamp, of course, depends on numerous factors. The famous "Inverted Jenny" from the first U.S. airmail issue in 1918 is especially valued by collectors for one striking error...
...year union drive has already left a stamp on Harvard. The $1 million dental plan--a benefit the union has pushed for throughout its drive--was largely a result of the UAW's presence in the workplace...