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...year ago the Harvard Holy Cross foot ball game was hardly a prime candidate for coverage by one of the major television net works The two teams were members of the NCAA's prestigious Division I-A and their showdown did not represent one of big-time football's hottest contests...
...first time in many months, bankers had reason to feel festive. An easing of monetary policy by the Federal Reserve Board and the sharp break in interest rates have given a boost to bank earnings. After having been severely depressed during the summer, bank shares are among the hottest stocks in the current Wall Street rally. As the Dow Jones industrial average reached 1,037 last week for its highest close in nearly a decade, shares of New York's Citicorp gained 5⅞ points, to 38%, and Chase Manhattan was up 5½ points, to 54%. Prices...
...wealth of new services has already triggered battles among companies vying for position in fast-growing markets. One of the hottest fights is over mobile phones, which could grow into a $10 billion industry within a decade. In June, 194 applications flooded the Federal Communications Commission to provide the service in the 30 largest U.S. cities. Applications for the rest of the country will be taken through March...
...came the Brownie Hawkeye (1949), the Instamatic (1963), the pocket Instamatic (1972) and, earlier this year, the highly successful Kodak Disc camera. Between its introduction in May and year's end, the company expects to sell 8 million of the devices, making it by far the hottest new camera in history...
...docket now facing the Justices is not only the heaviest ever but one of the hottest in recent years. Among the more emotional issues is abortion and whether states or localities may restrict it by requiring, for example, parental consent for minors. The Justices will also rule on the constitutionality of a Minnesota statute that allows parents a tax deduction for their children's private-school tuition. Then there is the so-called Betamax case: Are U.S. copyright laws violated when video-tape-machine owners record TV shows at home? A critical case tests the legality of the legislative...