Word: wall
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...this perfect illusion became evident. The two KLH's stand in the corners of the cellar, about 20 feet apart. (The third-channel speaker is between them, but Bruce tells us it wasn't in use when we were listening.) The curtain hung about five feet from the wall against which the speakers are placed. Helping the Model Sevens out are a pair of trostatic tweeters (of American origin) which Bruce has suspended from ceiling, about six feet from the floor, and tight against the bamboo. Bruce feels this staggered placement contribute the sense of depth his system imparts...
Scouting the game was Harvard coach John M. Yovicsin, who had his eye on the running of Crimed Michael S. Lottman '61-4. Lottman plunged over Yale's solid forward wall from the three-yard line, after the CRIMSON's fumble recovery. At the same moment, in another game, Coastguard Cutler of the Whiffenpoofs scored to win a contest with the Krokodiloes...
...best chance to score--but failed to capitalize on the opportunity. A punt had pushed Yale back to its own 14--deeper than Trumbull had been all game. After ekeing out a first down. Trumbull fumbled and Kirkland took the ball on the 36. But again the Yale forward wall thwarted Kirkland's ground attack. After the Deacons had been held for three downs, Trumbull intercepted Lee Raitz's pass on the 18, stopping the drive...
...Wall Street insider? Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, insiders are defined as officers, directors and major stockholders of corporations, and are sternly prohibited (maximum sentence: two years and $10,000) from using inside information for private gain on the stock market. But the law does not reach thousands of people who are not really in but are far from out: financial reporters who are often the sole outside possessors of inside information before the story is published, friends who get tips from directors, securities analysts whose research allows them to become privy to company secrets. Last week...
Though most Wall Street houses already follow the principle that if one partner is an insider, all other partners in the firm must be prepared to behave like insiders, hardly anyone, including Gintel, doubted that the SEC had correctly used the episode to lay down a needed ground rule. Said one young broker: "If I know what the law is, I can live with...