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...Texaco unexpectedly entered the picture and seemed likely to emerge the winner by offering to buy up Getty Oil for about $9.9 billion. The deal, subject to stockholder approval and a green light from Justice Department antitrust lawyers, could be the largest takeover in U.S. history (previous record holder: Du Font's acquisition of Conoco in 1981 for $7.2 billion...
...present endowment is a mere $3.1 million, in contrast with about $250 million for its rich neighbor, Vanderbilt University. Even so, Fisk has built a distinguished record. It was the first black college to be endorsed by the Association of American Universities, and its alumni include Philosopher W.E.B. Du Bois and Historian John Hope Franklin...
...clarification was that he saw that he wanted to make films. He started as an extra and errand boy for Jean Epstein during the filming of "Mauprat," then spent six months in Hollywood hanging around the studios and dining with Charlie Chaplin. Back in France, he did "Les Caves du Vatican," which was spliced under a magnifying glass because they'd run out of money...
Other American theatres selected to participate in the festival include the Goodman Theatre of Chicago, the Negro Ensemble Company, and the National Theatre of the Deaf. International groups include the French Theatre du Soleil and the Piccolo Teatro di Milano...
...residence. Two rows of 28 coffins, each draped with the French Tricolor, were lined up in the courtyard. Under a glow cast by Jeep headlights, the military trumpets sounded as the French chaplain sprinkled each coffin with holy water. At the end, the remaining soldiers sang La Chanson du Para, a favorite paratrooper hymn, whose melancholy lines floated slowly into the evening...