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...Chrysler's report in December that 16 of its high executives last year picked up thousands of options at $21 to $31 a share and sold some of them shortly after the minimum six-month holding period at a total pretax profit of $4,200,000. The biggest gainer: President Lynn Townsend, whose profit before capital gains' tax and brokerage fees...
...progressive; middle-of-the-road, up-and-coming, down-and-at-'em Republican-type Republican . . . The net result of this urge to be labeled frequently is that our party members end up in neatly tagged compartments, while the opposition party ends up in public office. The only real gainer is a peculiar political species known as a Democrat Democrat...
Along with the overall gain, the statistics contained some interesting sidelights. Biggest individual ad-volume gainer was Conde Nast's House & Garden, which climbed 47%, to $8,165,669. As usual, LIFE led the field in total revenue, with $140,565,848, comfortably ahead of Look's $76 million and the Saturday Evening Post's $66.5 million. The Reader's Digest, which began accepting ads in its domestic edition eight years ago, maintained its steady ad-revenue growth by registering a 25% increase...
...rushing. 127 yds. passing and 10 points a game. To spearhead the awesome (30 points per game) Packer attack. Lombardi boasts the league's most accurate passer. Quarterback Starr, who has completed 64f'f of his passes this season. He has the N.F.L.'s top ground gainer (1.318 yds.) in Jim Taylor, an oak-ribbed fullback who never runs around a defender when he can run over him and is a strong candidate for 1962-3 Most Valuable Player...
...zone, and Sam Williams recovered for a third Detroit touchdown. Moments later, Brown tackled Starr in his own end zone for a 2-point safety. Nor was Starr the only victim. Ordinarily, the Packers can count on big chunks of yardage from rough, tough Fullback Jim Taylor, top ground gainer in the N.F.L. In the first half, Taylor was held to minus 3 yds. in seven carries...