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...Green Bay Packers and the A.F.L.'s Oakland Raiders. The Packers-by 14. He gave Green Bay two points each for superior quarterbacking, pass receiving, line play and linebacking, plus four points for pass defense and three for "intangibles" (meaning Coach Vinnie Lombardi), minus one for inferior place-kicking. "The Packers will play a conservative first quarter," predicted Jimmy. "But Lombardi's game plan for the second half should be something. That's when the Raiders will be in real trouble...
...Institute for Philosophical Research, argues that the matter is far from merely academic. If man is not basically different from the animals, that would undermine "those who now oppose injurious discrimination on the moral ground that all human beings, being equal in their humanity, should be treated equally." Inferior types might be looked upon as man now looks on inferior animals. A large measure of truth could be read into one of Hitler's Nürnberg decrees that held "there is a greater difference between the lowest forms still called human and our superior races than between...
After five years devoted to "changing the feel of the relationship between the two nations"--while he tried to erase the "terribly inferior" attitude of the Japanese--Reischauer retired in August, 1966. "My reason for being there was outdaded by history," he said...
Blunders. With a return to normal times and increasing competition, trouble began. Salzgitter's iron ore proved inferior and too expensive to compete with ore from Sweden, Venezuela and Liberia. Ore stockpiles grew to 2,300,000 tons. Seeking to diversify, Salzgitter blundered into acquiring the ailing Büssing truck works for $12.5 million in the early 1960s. Recently Treasury Minister Kurt Schmiicker called that decision "the most striking error made by a company's management in the past few years." Büssing now contributes more than half of Salzgitter's losses; every fourth truck...
...certainly wouldn't call it the ultimate in contracts," said Richardson. "It's still a good contract for the management. It had to be because we, the union, were in an inferior position all the time... But after the voting many things can be brought to the attention of the public that would be enlightening...