Word: holders
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Whatever the reason for the transaction, some student observers said Harvard's back-door divestiture of the stock may well make it that much harder for the University to resist demands for stronger action against apartheid--including supporting share-holder resolutions calling for withdrawal of all U.S. corporations operating in South Africa...
...Editor Stefan Kanfer, whose book. The Eighth Sin, will appear this spring: "Every journalist is always writing a novel in his head because we are all self-dramatizing types." Associate Editor James Atwater drew on the trouble in Northern Ireland for Time Bomb; Writer Christopher Byron is completing The Holder of the Present, set in Greece; Contributor Richard Schickel's Another I, Another You, a love story about two divorced people, will be published...
Season Ticket Holder Charlie Goldberg is the man who started painting the town orange in 1971. Goldberg bought bolts of orange cloth, cut them into strips and distributed them to fans at the gate before a game against the San Diego Chargers. The gesture was made to express support for then-Head Coach Lou Saban, whose family was abused by disappointed fans. Says Goldberg: "By God, the Broncos went out and beat the hell out of them, then the next week, went and zipped Cleveland." A monochrome mania was born. It found voice when Running Back John Keyworth warbled...
...offense as both coaches search for the quick-strike, unpredictable play. Red Miller has been known to gamble on fourth down; a faked field goal against Oakland during a regular-season matchup resulted in the touchdown. That fact is less amazing than the target of the completed pass from Holder-Backup Quarterback Norris Weese: venerable Kicker Jim Turner, 36, who is enough of a football fossil to wear high-top black shoes. It was the first pass reception of his 14-year pro career. Landry has inserted special big plays into his offense for three late-season games, and each...
...more than determination that keeps Payton on his feet. At 5 ft. 10½ in., 204 Ibs., he plays bigger and stronger than he looks. A schoolboy record holder in the long jump, he can hurdle clumps of defensive linemen. He is strong enough to walk 50 yds. on his hands - and to stiff-arm would-be tacklers almost as far. Says Bears Coach Jack Pardee: "To me, he's a big man without great height. He's big in every sense - bone structure, muscle structure. He's got great leg strength and back strength...