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...nearly all of the 700,000 or so barrels of Iranian oil that until last week had entered the U.S. each day. Amerada Hess, the largest single supplier, delivered about 200,000 bbl. of the total. Much of it was processed at the company's refinery at St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, then transshipped to mainland U.S. ports. Among the other big suppliers, Gulf Oil provided about 135,000 bbl. a day, Ashland Oil shipped about 100,000 bbl. and Exxon averaged around...
Bokassa, unaware that it had been the French who had manipulated his ouster while he was away in Libya, flew to a military airport outside Paris, where he begged admittance to the country. He argued that since he had served in the French colonial army, even earning the Croix de guerre, he was a French citizen. Government officials said no, and he was flown back to Africa in a French-owned DC-8 to asylum in the Ivory Coast. That decision was deplored by a number of French jurists, who insisted that Bokassa should have been admitted and tried...
...affluence but relative squalor; not warmth but betrayal. Hamilton's home was a shambles." Being illegitimate, Alexander was officially designated an "obscene child." His mother Rachel was evidently something of a slut; before taking up with Hamilton's father, she served time in jail on St. Croix for committing adultery-"whoring with everyone," said her husband's complaint in court. Hamilton's father, a feckless romantic and bankrupt merchant, eventually deserted Rachel and their two children-or perhaps, as Flexner thinks, was himself abandoned by Rachel. When Rachel died in 1768, Alexander Hamilton was a child...
Joining Potysman in the awards circle were senior fullback Chris Doherty (Frederick Greeley Crocker "Most Valuable Player" Award); senior linebacker Joe Jason (William Paine La Croix Trophy); senior middle guard Joe Malone (Henry N. Lamar Award); senior halfback Jon Sigillito (Robert F. Kennedy Award); and senior defensive end Russ Savage (Joseph E Wolf Award presented to the outstanding interior lineman...
Theodore Jadick, a senior linebacker from Franklin Lakes, N.J., received the William Paine La Croix Trophy. Jadick remained in the Crimson football program despite neck, knee and leg injuries throughout his career. "This is one of my favorite awards," coach Joe Restic remarked. "Ted gave as much to our program on the sidelines as any senior on the field and was especially helpful to our defensive coaching staff this year...