Word: corneres
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Texas Oil Billionaire H.L. Hunt left plenty of pocket money to his ten children. That has not kept some of his sons from speculative ventures aimed at increasing their inheritances. Last week a federal agency accused seven members of one branch of the family of trying, in effect, to corner the market in this year's dwindling supply of soybeans. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission charged that Nelson Bunker Hunt and W. Herbert Hunt, two sons of H.L.'s first marriage, acted in concert with five other Hunts to acquire contracts for future delivery of more than...
Long John feels better. Harpo may even convince some people to back Bobick with his talk of chumps. But there's still a little worry growing in the back of his mind. He knows the guys at Nini's Corner now tell you to look for Ring magazine, the Bible of boxing, back in the section "with the other fake sport, wrestling." He knows about Don King. He remembers a fight up in Maine when Sonny Liston went down before Ali had put his hands up. He begins to think about what the promoters are thinking. Undefeated Bobick beats Norton...
...sacred Rat. To Boston rockers, the beer-soaked carpet of the Rathskellar is hallowed ground: it bears the libations of scores touched by a wayward muse. This particular night, the faithful fixtures at the Rat included familiar faces. Musicians, regulars on the local scene, conferred in the dark corner near the mixing board; groupies, punks and curious bedazzled figures crowded the tables. At the bar a gauntlet of black leather elbows lifted steins in homage to the spectacle on stage...
Hesburgh sounds more confident on the subject of happiness. "It can only come," he says, "from giving at least a corner of yourself to others. People today are so egocentric. God help the person who goes through life doing nothing for someone else. He's doomed." He finds that young people today are less ambitious than a generation ago, duller than in the '60s but more eager to find some meaning in their lives. Hesburgh keeps a close rein on his own ambitions, even as he enjoys the trappings of success, smoking a Cuban cigar and sipping...
...city council last night also granted preliminary approval to the city's purchase of the former Riverside Press site, on the corner of Memorial Drive and River St., for $1.6 million. The land will be used for recreational purposes...