Word: buying
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Harvard football players receive a certain amount of tickets, also. Each member of the squad gets two complementary seats and has the option to buy two more. The players who actually dress for the game receive four complementary tickets and have a similar option...
Sinclair had other reasons to opt for Atlantic Richfield. Although it boasts a solid refinery and marketing operation, Sinclair suffers from limited production capacity and must buy large amounts of crude oil at a premium from outside sources. Fast-growing Atlantic Richfield (1967 sales: $1.56 billion) has meanwhile been on a production binge, and its recent oil find on the North Slope of Alaska promises to be one of the largest in U.S. history. A merger that would enable Atlantic Richfield to move its oil through Sinclair refineries would obviously benefit both companies...
...second seat, captain Anne "Wendy" de Saint Phalle '70, who has promised to wear a skirt on the show, if the CRIMSON will buy...
...According to the Nielsen ratings service, approximately 95% of U.S. households have TV sets. But what of the remaining 5%? Some live in mountain areas like Appalachian Georgia, or the new ski-resort town of Vail, Colo., where cable TV has not yet penetrated. Some Americans cannot afford to buy a TV set, although more American homes have TV than have telephones or bathrooms, and, as the Kerner Commission reported, television is "the universal appliance in the ghetto." Thus, many of the 5% who do not have TV sets are just plain holdouts or former TV addicts who have kicked...
...present plan also gives Citroën an option to buy 15% of Fiat. Inasmuch as Citrëen is already carrying debts of more than $100 million (including some $56 million to the De Gaulle government), and needs more capital to develop new models, there is virtually no chance that the French company will ever be able to take advantage of the option. The proviso is, therefore, little more than a face-saving device for De Gaulle...