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...also beset by internal politics and bickering. One prominent securities analyst denounces the Big Board as a "Byzantine, conspiratorial Kafkaesque monster." The owners of the exchange, the 1,366 members who hold a seat entitling them to transact business on the exchange floor, have varied and often conflicting interests. When confronted by almost any proposal for change, the 33 governors divide into several factions, and the splits slow the pace of change that Exchange President Robert Haack is trying to bring about. Says Haack: "My job is to move these people into the 21st century...
...have no sympathy for those corporate laggards who transact business as usual, waiting for the governmental whip to prod them into action. If big business needs guidance in formulating social acceptance programs, why doesn't it seek out political and social scientists and ecologists with the same zeal it displays in wooing accountants and engineers...
...past, Cambridge mayoralty elections have dragged on for great lengths of time. The City Council has taken as long as four months to decide on a mayor. A ruling made this year by City Solicitor Philip Cronin '53 allows the Council to transact official business before electing a mayor...
...will not transact derailed business on Friday" Douwe B. Y?tema, lecturer on Psychology and a member of the Advisory Committee, said yesterday. "We will hold a broad discussion of policies, problems, and priorities." he said. Meetings of the Advisory Committee are open to the public...
...fedayeen taxi driver (and gave him $20), to take me to the 'secret headquarters' of Abu Ammar [code name of Arafat]. To my surprise, he did. Four hours later, by an olive grove, I watched the Fatah leader transact business with two dozen runners, shake the hands of wounded soldiers, and shared a slit trench with...