Word: fame
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Green, soggy and buzzing with flies, the state of Tabasco at the southeastern tip of Mexico has had some modest local fame as an oil region for decades. Now it has suddenly become the center of the most exciting mystery story in world petroleum. By drilling deeper than ever before-as far as three miles into the geological subbasement-Mexican engineers have found a much bigger reservoir of oil than anyone had suspected was there, a subterranean lake of petroleum three or four miles wide and perhaps up to 30 miles long...
...Galley trial as in the Water gate trials, publicity alone does not seem compelling reason to abort the jury sys tem. By reductio ad absurdum, that would establish a principle that fame, not the truth, shall make you free. All a defendant's constitutional guarantees remain, but the basis of the jury system is still a faith that in the end, jurors are rationally capable of rendering judgment, as if they were kicking Dr. Johnson's rock. ∙Lance Morrow
According to his intimates, Heath was actually ready to step down in favor of his friend, Party Chairman William Whitelaw, 56, who won a measure of fame as a skillful negotiator between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland. Heath's delay in announcing his intention, however, allowed opposition to build and a whole pack of new contenders to emerge, including Sir Keith Joseph, shadow Home Secretary; Mrs. Margaret Thatcher, the shadow cabinet's spokeswoman on housing and environment; and Edward du Cann, a former party chairman. With the prospect of an internal power struggle erupting, Heath changed...
...Died. Edgar Charles ("Sam") Rice, 84, slight (5 ft. 9 in., 150 Ibs.), quick Hall of Fame outfielder who punched out 2,987 base hits (his lifetime batting average was .322) with his choppy swing in two decades (1915-34) of major league play, mostly for the Washington Senators; of cancer; in Silver Spring...
Among a record 2530 competitors, a troop of Harvard oarsmen is again gritting its teeth, eager to bring home more fame and hardware to Newell Boathouse by sundown Sunday. The coaches, heavyweight Harry Parker and lightweight John Higginson '62, had planned to take advantage of their perennial eligibility for the Elites, leading their crews on to victory instead of plodding behind them in one of Harvard's fat red launches. However, Parker developed a back injury late last week and says he is undecided whether or not to row in the elite singles and doubles events...