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...John's supporters. Some of them: General Foods' James Ferguson, Southern Pacific's Benjamin Biaggini, H&R Block's Henry Bloch, Union Oil's Fred Hartley, Citicorp's Walter Wriston, Quaker Oats' Robert Stuart Jr., FMC Corp.'s Robert Malott, Borg-Warner's James F. Berg, Broyhill Furniture's Paul Broyhill, Textron's Joseph Collinson. Add to them presidents (Boeing Commercial Airplane's E.H. Boullioun, Occidental Petroleum's Joseph Baird) and former chief executives (AT&T's John deButts, Marriott's J. Willard Marriott, Texas...
...hydrangeas and geraniums were in dazzling bloom, and the usual profusion of red roses surrounded the members' enclosure at the All England Club. The tournament attracted record crowds, while the nation talked of virtually nothing else. True to form, the top seeds in the singles competition-Bjorn Borg and Martina Navratilova-moved relentlessly into the denouement of the fortnight-long pageant...
...customers include the likes of A T & T, IBM, GE, INA, Alcoa, Mead, Singer, Monsanto, Borg-Warner. Eight times a year their top powers-chairmen, presidents or vice presidents -get together for a day in Diebold's offices. In these meetings they exchange information on how their own companies are trying to anticipate and respond to the many minirevolutions in the country. Diebold preaches a message: "Don't wait for the activists to come forward. Go out and meet them at least halfway, and maybe more than that...
What is surprising is that McEnroe has come so far so fast matched against such opposition. He has beaten the likes of Roscoe Tanner, Adriano Panatta, Eddie Dibbs and Corrado Barazzutti and on one glorious occasion even managed to knock off Borg, 6-3, 6-4, in Stockholm, of all places. Still, quite understandably, McEnroe has a long way to go before he can be ranked with Borg. Or Connors, whom he has never beaten and who destroyed him in the semifinals of last September's U.S. Open. McEnroe likes to have some fun paraphrasing what Connors used to intone...
...pros laud McEnroe's ability to disguise his shots and alter his style. Predicts Borg...