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...sophomore fullback Ralph Booth had not seen an opening in the Engineer defense and gotten off a weak chip shot which an unlucky MIT defender deflected past his surprised goalie, early in the second half, the Crimson might have floundered the rest...
When they came to get Tony Boyle, now 71, he was giving a deposition in Washington on another union case. As it happened, he was being cross-examined caustically by Joseph ("Chip") Yablonski, the younger of the family's two sons, who was living away from home at the time of the killings. Since then, Yablonski has been helping to lead the pursuit of Boyle. "It's been a long wait," said Yablonski after watching the arrest. With an FBI agent lightly holding each of the little man's arms, Tony Boyle was led away...
...Well, we're going to fool them." By Jiminy Cricket, fool them they did. Seven and a half years later, Walt Disney Productions has become the only blue-chip stock in show business. The company's revenues have soared, from $116.6 million to $329 million, and so have profits, from $ 12.4 million to a record $40 million. In fearing that the Disney empire would founder after the death of its founding genius, the financial fellows forgot to reckon on one thing: the continuing presence of Walt Disney...
Harrison wanted to bring big-time basketball to Harvard, and to fulfill this aim, he successfully recruited some of the best high school talent in the country. But somehow, despite the blue-chip ballplayers that Harrison had at his disposal, a productive and rewarding basketball program never materialized...
...civil rights groups, labor unions, churchmen and Congressmen. Some critics have pressed the companies to pull out of the apartheid state altogether; others insist that they should remain and improve the lot of their nonwhite workers. Apparently the clamor has penetrated some important board rooms. At least 18 blue-chip corporations have sharply raised wages, fringe benefits and educational opportunities for black South Africans. And they accomplished these improvements with surprisingly little flak from the nation's segregationist establishment...